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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

xingar

to swear, to curse

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: xingando
  • Past participle: xingado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use xingar

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

  1. Present

    Meu irmão xinga o árbitro em todo jogo.

    My brother swears at the referee in every game.

  2. Past

    O motorista me xingou por nada no trânsito.

    The driver swore at me for nothing in traffic.

  3. Future

    Se ele chegar atrasado de novo, eu vou xingar.

    If he's late again, I'm going to swear.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha avó xingava em italiano quando ficava nervosa.

    My grandmother used to curse in Italian when she got upset.

  5. Conditional

    Eu nunca xingaria um garçom, coitado.

    I would never swear at a waiter, poor thing.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que você xingue na frente das crianças.

    I don't want you to swear in front of the kids.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele me xingasse assim, eu ia embora.

    If he swore at me like that, I'd leave.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se alguém xingar você no trânsito, ignore.

    If someone swears at you in traffic, ignore it.

  9. Imperative

    Não xingue, respira fundo e conta até dez.

    Don't swear, breathe deeply and count to ten.

Good to know

  • "Xingar alguém" is to swear at someone; "xingamento" is an insult; "palavrão" is a swear word.

Where you hear xingar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 1

  • Aqui todo mundo xinga o juiz. Here everyone swears at the referee.
  • Eu xinguei em português pela primeira vez. I swore in Portuguese for the first time.
  • Se eles fizerem gol, você vai xingar. If they score, you're going to swear.
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Your First Maracana

Fluency Level 1 · Eu não sei xingar em português.

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