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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

suspender

to suspend, to put on hold

  • Irregular -er verb
  • Gerund: suspendendo
  • Past participle: suspenso

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use suspender

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

  1. Present

    A escola suspende as aulas quando chove forte.

    The school suspends classes when it rains hard.

  2. Past

    A empresa suspendeu o serviço por falta de pagamento.

    The company suspended the service for non-payment.

  3. Future

    Vou suspender a academia enquanto estiver viajando.

    I'm going to put the gym on hold while I'm traveling.

  4. Imperfect

    O juiz suspendia o jogo toda vez que caía um raio.

    The referee stopped the game every time lightning struck.

  5. Conditional

    Eu suspenderia a assinatura até o fim do mês.

    I'd pause the subscription until the end of the month.

  6. Present subjunctive

    É provável que suspendam o show por causa da chuva.

    It's likely they'll call off the show because of the rain.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se suspendessem o ônibus, eu iria de bicicleta.

    If they suspended the bus, I'd go by bike.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se a prefeitura suspender a feira, avise os vizinhos.

    If the city suspends the market, tell the neighbors.

  9. Imperative

    Suspenda o plano por um mês e economize.

    Pause the plan for a month and save.

Good to know

  • "Suspender" is also to cancel for now: "suspenderam as aulas"; "suspenso" is the participle people use.

Where you hear suspender

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 3

  • A justiça suspende a obra até a prefeitura explicar. The court is suspending the work until city hall explains.
  • A prefeitura suspendeu a licença. City hall suspended the permit.
  • O juiz vai suspender a obra amanhã. The judge is going to suspend the work tomorrow.
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Suspending Isn't Cancelling

Advanced Level 3 · A prefeitura suspendeu a licença da torre de Botafogo.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -er verb.