Study Resource: Verbs ending in ‘-ear’ and ‘-iar’
By: Ana Amélia Rodrigues dos Santos
The charts below illustrate how to conjugate verbs ending in -ear and -iar in the simple present tense in Brazilian Portuguese.
Verbs ending in ‘-ear’
The chart below illustrates how to conjugate verbs ending in -ear in the simple present.
| Subject Pronouns | passear (meaning to go for a walk) | patentear (meaning to patent) | estrear (meaning to star) | idear (meaning to devise, to plan) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
eu (meaning I) | passeio | patenteio | estreio | ideio |
tu (meaning you) | passeias | patenteias | estreias | ideias |
você (meaning you, sg.)ele (meaning he, it)ela (meaning she, it) | passeia | patenteia | estreia | ideia |
nós* (meaning we) | passeamos | patenteamos | estreamos | ideamos |
vós* (meaning you, formal) | passeais | patenteais | estreais | ideais |
vocês (meaning you, pl.)eles, elas (meaning they) | passeiam | patenteiam | estreiam | ideiam |
Verbs ending in ‘-iar’
The chart below illustrates how to conjugate verbs ending in -ear in the simple present. Note that in many cases we add an e before the i of the ending.
| Subject Pronouns | mediar** (meaning to mediate) | ansiar (meaning to yearn, to long) | incendiar (meaning to ignite, to fire) | odiar (meaning to hate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
eu (meaning I) | medeio | anseio | incendeio | odeio |
tu (meaning you) | medeias | anseias | incendeias | odeias |
você (meaning you, sg.)ele (meaning he, it)ela (meaning she, it) | medeia | anseia | incendeia | odeia |
nós* (meaning we) | mediamos | ansiamos | incendiamos | odiamos |
vós* (meaning you, formal) | mediais | ansiais | incendiais | odiais |
vocês (meaning you, pl.)eles, elas (meaning they) | medeiam | anseiam | incendeiam | odeiam |
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