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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

zoar

to tease, to kid

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: zoando
  • Past participle: zoado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use zoar

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

  1. Present

    Meus amigos me zoam por causa do meu sotaque.

    My friends tease me because of my accent.

  2. Past

    Relaxa, eu só zoei você, não foi sério.

    Relax, I was just kidding you, it wasn't serious.

  3. Future

    Todo mundo vai zoar esse corte de cabelo.

    Everyone is going to make fun of this haircut.

  4. Imperfect

    Na escola, a gente zoava o professor de matemática.

    At school, we used to make fun of the math teacher.

  5. Conditional

    Eu zoaria, mas hoje você está sensível.

    I'd tease you, but you're sensitive today.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que vocês zoem o menino novo.

    I don't want you to make fun of the new kid.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele não zoasse tanto, ninguém ficaria chateado.

    If he didn't tease so much, nobody would get upset.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se eu zoar demais, me avisa.

    If I kid around too much, let me know.

  9. Imperative

    Não zoe com a cara dele, ele é tímido.

    Don't make fun of him, he's shy.

Good to know

  • "Tô zoando" is "I'm kidding"; "zoar alguém" is to make fun of them, among friends; "zoeira" is the joking around.

Where you hear zoar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 1

  • Os amigos dele zoam todo mundo. His friends tease everyone.
  • Eles te zoaram a noite inteira. They teased you all night.
  • Relaxa, ninguém vai te zoar hoje. Relax, nobody is going to tease you today.
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You're Kidding

Fluency Level 1 · Eu? Na Sapucaí? Você tá zoando.

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Relax, I'm Kidding

Fluency Level 1 · Preparado para a ala? Eles vão te zoar a noite inteira. · Me zoar? Por quê? · Você ri, e zoa de volta. Nunca fica bravo. · Fica tranquila. Deixa eles zoarem, que eu zoo de volta.

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Verbs like this one

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