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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

trancar

to lock

  • #498 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: trancando
  • Past participle: trancado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use trancar

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

  1. Present

    Eu sempre tranco a porta quando saio.

    I always lock the door when I leave.

  2. Past

    Você trancou o carro no estacionamento?

    Did you lock the car in the parking lot?

  3. Future

    Vou trancar o portão antes de dormir.

    I'm going to lock the gate before going to sleep.

  4. Imperfect

    Na minha cidade ninguém trancava a porta de casa.

    In my town nobody locked their front door.

  5. Conditional

    Eu trancaria a bicicleta num poste, por segurança.

    I'd lock the bike to a pole, to be safe.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que vocês tranquem tudo antes de sair.

    I want you to lock everything before you leave.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele trancasse o escritório, isso não teria acontecido.

    If he locked the office, this wouldn't have happened.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você trancar a loja, me manda uma mensagem.

    When you lock up the shop, send me a message.

  9. Imperative

    Tranque a porta e leve a chave.

    Lock the door and take the key.

Good to know

  • "Trancar" is to lock with a key; "fechar" is just to close.
  • "Trancar a matrícula" is to put your university studies on hold.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.