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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 Pronounspassear meaning to go for a walkpatentear meaning to patentestrear meaning to staridear 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, itela 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 Pronounsmediar** meaning to mediateansiar meaning to yearn, to longincendiar meaning to ignite, to fireodiar meaning to hate
eu meaning I
medeio
anseio
incendeio
odeio
tu meaning you
medeias
anseias
incendeias
odeias
você meaning you, sg.ele meaning he, itela 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