Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- eu I get dirty
- você, ele, ela, a gente you get dirty
- nós we get dirty
- vocês, eles, elas you all get dirty
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB
sujar
to get dirty
- #200 most used
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: sujando
- Past participle: sujado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions
- eu I got dirty
- você, ele, ela, a gente you got dirty
- nós we got dirty
- vocês, eles, elas you all got dirty
Future
Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”
- eu I am going to get dirty
- você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to get dirty
- nós we are going to get dirty
- vocês, eles, elas you all are going to get dirty
Imperfect
Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”
- eu I used to get dirty
- você, ele, ela, a gente you used to get dirty
- nós we used to get dirty
- vocês, eles, elas you all used to get dirty
Conditional
Futuro do Pretérito · “would”
- eu I would get dirty
- você, ele, ela, a gente you would get dirty
- nós we would get dirty
- vocês, eles, elas you all would get dirty
Present subjunctive
Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- eu (that) I get dirty
- você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you get dirty
- nós (that) we get dirty
- vocês, eles, elas (that) you all get dirty
Past subjunctive
Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”
- eu (if) I got dirty
- você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you got dirty
- nós (if) we got dirty
- vocês, eles, elas (if) you all got dirty
Future subjunctive
Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future
- eu (when) I get dirty
- você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you get dirty
- nós (when) we get dirty
- vocês, eles, elas (when) you all get dirty
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders
- você get dirty!
- vocês get dirty! (all of you)
How to use sujar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Criança se suja toda vez que come.
Kids get dirty every time they eat.
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Past
Eu sujei a camisa de molho de tomate.
I got tomato sauce on my shirt.
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Future
Você vai sujar o sapato nessa lama.
You're going to get your shoes dirty in that mud.
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Imperfect
O cachorro sujava o sofá todo dia.
The dog used to get the sofa dirty every day.
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Conditional
Eu não sujaria a roupa branca comendo feijoada.
I wouldn't get white clothes dirty eating feijoada.
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Present subjunctive
Cuidado para que você não suje o vestido.
Be careful not to get the dress dirty.
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Past subjunctive
Se você sujasse menos pratos, lavaria mais rápido.
If you dirtied fewer dishes, you'd wash up faster.
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Future subjunctive
Se sujar a mão, lava na pia.
If you get your hands dirty, wash them in the sink.
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Imperative
Não sujem o chão, acabei de passar pano.
Don't dirty the floor, I just mopped it.
Good to know
- "Sujar" is to make something dirty; "se sujar" is to get yourself dirty.
Where you hear sujar
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2
- Na fazenda, tudo suja fácil. On the farm, everything gets dirty easily.
- O vestido sujou na festa. The dress got dirty at the party.
- O sapato branco vai sujar na fazenda. The white shoes are going to get dirty on the farm.
Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3
- A neve suja tudo. The snow makes everything dirty.
- O Daniel sujou o chão da cozinha. Daniel got the kitchen floor dirty.
- Sem sapato, ninguém vai sujar a casa. Without shoes, nobody is going to get the house dirty.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.