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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

somar

to add up

  • #270 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: somando
  • Past participle: somado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você add up!
  2. vocês add up! (all of you)

How to use somar

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

  1. Present

    Eu somo as despesas no fim de cada semana.

    I add up the expenses at the end of each week.

  2. Past

    Somei tudo e deu quase quinhentos reais.

    I added it all up and it came to almost five hundred reais.

  3. Future

    Vou somar os pontos para ver quem ganhou.

    I'm going to add up the points to see who won.

  4. Imperfect

    A professora somava as notas na nossa frente.

    The teacher used to add up the grades in front of us.

  5. Conditional

    Eu somaria mais uns cem reais por segurança.

    I'd add another hundred reais or so to be safe.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que você some de novo, acho que está errado.

    I want you to add it up again, I think it's wrong.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente somasse as férias, daria um mês.

    If we added up our vacation days, it would come to a month.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando somar a conta, confere o troco.

    When you add up the bill, check the change.

  9. Imperative

    Some os dois valores e divida por três.

    Add the two amounts and divide by three.

Good to know

  • "Somar" is to add numbers; "somar pontos" is to score points, and "isso soma" is "that helps".

Verbs like this one

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