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ENGLISH VERB

care

se importar

  • #127 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Gerund: caring
  • Past participle: cared

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I
  2. you
  3. he, she, it
  4. we
  5. they

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I
  2. you
  3. he, she, it
  4. we
  5. they

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I
  2. you
  3. he, she, it
  4. we
  5. they

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I
  2. you
  3. he, she, it
  4. we
  5. they

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I
  2. you
  3. he, she, it
  4. we
  5. they

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I
  2. you
  3. he, she, it
  4. we
  5. they

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

How to use care

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

  1. Present

    She really cares about her students.

    Ela se importa de verdade com os alunos dela.

  2. Past

    Nobody cared what I thought back then.

    Ninguém se importava com o que eu pensava naquela época.

  3. Future

    Your dad will care more than you think.

    Seu pai vai se importar mais do que você imagina.

  4. Present continuous

    I am caring for my neighbor's plants this week.

    Estou cuidando das plantas da minha vizinha esta semana.

  5. Present perfect

    He has always cared about the environment.

    Ele sempre se importou com o meio ambiente.

  6. Conditional

    I would care more if it were my money.

    Eu me importaria mais se fosse o meu dinheiro.

  7. Imperative

    Don't care so much about what strangers think.

    Não se importe tanto com o que estranhos pensam.

Good to know

  • "Care about" é se importar com; "take care of" é cuidar de; "take care!" é "se cuida!".
  • "I don't care" soa seco, como "tanto faz" ou "não estou nem aí".

Where you hear care

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

English for Brazilians · Intermediate Level 2

  • I care about this library. Eu me importo com esta biblioteca.
  • The people at the hearing really cared. As pessoas na audiência se importavam de verdade.
  • Will our listeners care? Os nossos ouvintes vão se importar?
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Uma história para começar

Intermediate Level 2 · care

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Eu faria diferente hoje

Intermediate Level 2 · caring

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O episódio precisa de um final

Intermediate Level 2 · the city doesn't care

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.