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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

sobrar

to be left over

  • #111 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: sobrando
  • Past participle: sobrado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você be left over!
  2. vocês be left over! (all of you)

How to use sobrar

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

  1. Present

    Sempre sobra arroz quando eu cozinho.

    There's always rice left over when I cook.

  2. Past

    Sobraram três fatias de bolo da festa.

    Three slices of cake were left over from the party.

  3. Future

    Vai sobrar comida para a semana inteira.

    There's going to be food left over for the whole week.

  4. Imperfect

    No fim do mês nunca sobrava dinheiro.

    At the end of the month there was never money left.

  5. Conditional

    Sobraria tempo para um café antes do voo?

    Would there be time left for a coffee before the flight?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que sobre uma vaga no estacionamento.

    I hope there's a parking spot left.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se sobrasse um ingresso, eu levaria meu primo.

    If there were a ticket left, I'd take my cousin.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se sobrar feijão, guarde no congelador.

    If there are beans left, put them in the freezer.

  9. Imperative

    Sobre um pedaço de bolo para mim, por favor.

    Leave a piece of cake for me, please.

Good to know

  • "Sobrou comida" is there's food left; "sobra tempo" is there's time to spare.

Where you hear sobrar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • No Natal, sempre sobra comida. At Christmas, there's always food left over.
  • Ontem sobrou muito peru. There was a lot of turkey left over yesterday.
  • Amanhã não vai sobrar nada. Tomorrow there won't be anything left.
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Without Anyone Seeing

Intermediate Level 3 · sobraram

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I'd Barely Lain Down

Intermediate Level 3 · sobrou

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Nobody Is Born Knowing

Intermediate Level 3 · sobra

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.