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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

suar

to sweat

  • #279 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: suando
  • Past participle: suado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use suar

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

  1. Present

    Eu suo muito quando faço exercício.

    I sweat a lot when I exercise.

  2. Past

    A gente suou a camisa para terminar a mudança.

    We worked up a real sweat finishing the move.

  3. Future

    Você vai suar nessa caminhada, leve água.

    You're going to sweat on this hike, take water.

  4. Imperfect

    No verão a gente suava só de ficar parado.

    In summer we used to sweat just standing still.

  5. Conditional

    Eu suaria menos com uma camiseta mais leve.

    I'd sweat less in a lighter T-shirt.

  6. Present subjunctive

    É normal que você sue com essa febre.

    It's normal for you to sweat with this fever.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu não suasse tanto, correria de manhã.

    If I didn't sweat so much, I'd run in the morning.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você suar muito, beba mais água.

    When you sweat a lot, drink more water.

  9. Imperative

    Sue um pouco na academia antes do churrasco.

    Work up a sweat at the gym before the barbecue.

Good to know

  • "Suar a camisa" is to work hard for something; "suar frio" is to break into a cold sweat.

Verbs like this one

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