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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

tirar

to take (a photo), to take off

  • #77 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: tirando
  • Past participle: tirado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use tirar

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

  1. Present

    Eu tiro o sapato antes de entrar em casa.

    I take my shoes off before going into the house.

  2. Past

    Você tirou foto do pôr do sol?

    Did you take a photo of the sunset?

  3. Future

    A gente vai tirar férias em julho.

    We're going to take a vacation in July.

  4. Imperfect

    Ela tirava nota dez em tudo.

    She used to get top grades in everything.

  5. Conditional

    Eu tiraria esse quadro da parede.

    I would take that picture off the wall.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que você tire uma foto da gente.

    I want you to take a photo of us.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele tirasse o casaco, sentiria menos calor.

    If he took his coat off, he'd feel less hot.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando tirar a carteira, me leva para passear.

    When you get your license, take me for a drive.

  9. Imperative

    Tire os pés do sofá, por favor.

    Take your feet off the couch, please.

Good to know

  • "Tirar foto", "tirar a roupa", "tirar férias", "tirar nota boa": tirar covers them all.

Where you hear tirar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Eu sempre tiro muitas fotos na praia. I always take lots of photos at the beach.
  • Eu tirei uma foto do Daniel. I took a photo of Daniel.
  • Eu vou tirar uma foto de vocês dois. I'm going to take a photo of you two.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • O fotógrafo tira fotos o dia inteiro. The photographer takes photos all day.
  • Eu tirei fotos da capela. I took photos of the chapel.
  • Ele vai tirar fotos da festa. He's going to take photos of the party.
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I Need You All To

Intermediate Level 1 · tirei · eu tiro

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We'd Like You to Take Care of Everything

Intermediate Level 2 · tirar

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If Only It Snowed in Rio

Intermediate Level 3 · tirando

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She Asked Us to Take Off Our Shoes

Intermediate Level 3 · tirou · tirasse

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