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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

tremer

to shake

  • #278 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: tremendo
  • Past participle: tremido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use tremer

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

  1. Present

    Minha mão treme quando eu falo em público.

    My hand shakes when I speak in public.

  2. Past

    A casa tremeu com o caminhão passando.

    The house shook with the truck passing.

  3. Future

    Você vai tremer de frio sem casaco.

    You're going to shiver with cold without a coat.

  4. Imperfect

    Ele tremia tanto que derrubou o café.

    He was shaking so much that he spilled the coffee.

  5. Conditional

    Eu tremeria de medo em cima daquela ponte.

    I'd shake with fear on top of that bridge.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Respire fundo para que a voz não trema.

    Breathe deeply so your voice doesn't shake.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o chão tremesse, a gente sairia correndo.

    If the ground shook, we'd run out.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se tremer de frio, pega o meu cobertor.

    If you shiver with cold, grab my blanket.

  9. Imperative

    Não trema, é só uma injeção.

    Don't shake, it's just an injection.

Good to know

  • "Tremer de frio", "tremer de medo": you shake with cold or with fear.

Where you hear tremer

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eu sempre tremo antes de falar em público. I always shake before speaking in public.
  • A casa tremeu com o trovão. The house shook with the thunder.
  • Daqui a pouco, você não vai tremer mais. In a little while, you won't be shaking any more.
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In Three Hours, I'll Have Said Yes

Intermediate Level 2 · tremendo

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