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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

tossir

to cough

  • #281 most used
  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Gerund: tossindo
  • Past participle: tossido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use tossir

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

  1. Present

    Ele tosse a noite inteira e não dorme.

    He coughs all night and doesn't sleep.

  2. Past

    A menina tossiu tanto que acordou a casa toda.

    The girl coughed so much she woke the whole house.

  3. Future

    Se você fumar, vai tossir o dia inteiro.

    If you smoke, you're going to cough all day.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu avô tossia muito por causa do cigarro.

    My grandfather used to cough a lot because of cigarettes.

  5. Conditional

    Eu tossiria menos se tomasse o xarope.

    I'd cough less if I took the syrup.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que você não tussa durante a prova.

    I hope you don't cough during the exam.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele tossisse menos, a gente dormiria melhor.

    If he coughed less, we'd sleep better.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando tossir, cubra a boca com o braço.

    When you cough, cover your mouth with your arm.

  9. Imperative

    Tussa para o lado, por favor.

    Cough to the side, please.

Good to know

  • "A tosse" is the cough itself: "estou com tosse" is "I have a cough".

Verbs like this one

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