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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

sumir

to disappear

  • #291 most used
  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Gerund: sumindo
  • Past participle: sumido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use sumir

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

  1. Present

    Minhas meias sempre somem na máquina de lavar.

    My socks always disappear in the washing machine.

  2. Past

    O gato sumiu de novo, já procurei em tudo.

    The cat disappeared again, I've looked everywhere.

  3. Future

    Essa mancha vai sumir depois de lavar.

    This stain is going to disappear after washing.

  4. Imperfect

    Ele sumia por semanas e voltava sem explicação.

    He would disappear for weeks and come back without explanation.

  5. Conditional

    Com esse remédio a dor sumiria em um dia.

    With this medicine the pain would go away in a day.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que a chuva suma até o jogo.

    I hope the rain goes away by the game.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o dinheiro sumisse, eu chamaria a polícia.

    If the money disappeared, I'd call the police.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se a dor não sumir, volte ao médico.

    If the pain doesn't go away, go back to the doctor.

  9. Imperative

    Suma daqui antes que eu me irrite!

    Get out of here before I get annoyed!

Good to know

  • "Sumiu!" is what you say when you can't find something; "sumir do mapa" is to vanish without a trace.

Where you hear sumir

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • As minhas canetas sempre somem. My pens always disappear.
  • O arquivo sumiu. The file disappeared.
  • Esse problema vai sumir. That problem is going to disappear.
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Intermediate Level 1 · sumiu · sumiram

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