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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

soar

to sound

  • #446 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: soando
  • Past participle: soado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I sound
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you sound
  3. nós we sound
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all sound

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I sounded
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you sounded
  3. nós we sounded
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all sounded

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to sound
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to sound
  3. nós we are going to sound
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to sound

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to sound
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to sound
  3. nós we used to sound
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to sound

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would sound
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would sound
  3. nós we would sound
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would sound

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I sound
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you sound
  3. nós (that) we sound
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all sound

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I sounded
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you sounded
  3. nós (if) we sounded
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all sounded

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I sound
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you sound
  3. nós (when) we sound
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all sound

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você sound!
  2. vocês sound! (all of you)

How to use soar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Isso soa estranho dito assim.

    That sounds strange said like that.

  2. Past

    O alarme soou às seis da manhã.

    The alarm sounded at six in the morning.

  3. Future

    A sirene vai soar três vezes no ensaio.

    The siren is going to sound three times in the drill.

  4. Imperfect

    O sino da igreja soava ao meio-dia.

    The church bell used to ring at noon.

  5. Conditional

    Essa frase soaria melhor sem a última palavra.

    That sentence would sound better without the last word.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que isso não soe como crítica.

    I hope that doesn't sound like criticism.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se soasse menos formal, o convite ficaria melhor.

    If it sounded less formal, the invitation would be better.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando o sinal soar, pode sair.

    When the bell sounds, you can leave.

  9. Imperative

    Soe natural, não decore o texto palavra por palavra.

    Sound natural, don't memorize the text word for word.

Good to know

  • "Soar" is for alarms and bells, and for how something sounds: "isso soa estranho".

Where you hear soar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Esse nome soa bonito em português. That name sounds lovely in Portuguese.
  • No começo, a palavra soou estranha. At first, the word sounded strange.
  • Daqui a um ano, essa palavra vai soar normal. In a year, that word is going to sound normal.
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