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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

tricotar

to knit

  • #483 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: tricotando
  • Past participle: tricotado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use tricotar

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

  1. Present

    Minha mãe tricota enquanto assiste à novela.

    My mom knits while she watches the soap opera.

  2. Past

    Eu tricotei um cachecol para o meu namorado.

    I knitted a scarf for my boyfriend.

  3. Future

    Ela vai tricotar uma manta para o bebê.

    She's going to knit a blanket for the baby.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha avó tricotava meias para toda a família.

    My grandmother used to knit socks for the whole family.

  5. Conditional

    Eu tricotaria um gorro se soubesse como.

    I'd knit a beanie if I knew how.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que você me tricote um suéter azul.

    I want you to knit me a blue sweater.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu tricotasse mais rápido, terminaria antes do inverno.

    If I knitted faster, I'd finish before winter.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando tricotar de novo, me ensine.

    When you knit again, teach me.

  9. Imperative

    Tricote mais devagar, está ficando apertado.

    Knit more slowly, it's getting tight.

Where you hear tricotar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Eu tricoto todo inverno. I knit every winter.
  • Eu tricotei um suéter para a Bia. I knitted a jumper for Bia.
  • Eu vou tricotar alguma coisa rosa. I'm going to knit something pink.
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Intermediate Level 3 · tricotar

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