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(to go for a walk) | patentear(to patent) | estrear(to star) | idear(to devise, to plan) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
eu(I) | passeio | patenteio | estreio | ideio |
tu(you) | passeias | patenteias | estreias | ideias |
você(you, sg.)ele(he, it)ela(she, it) | passeia | patenteia | estreia | ideia |
nós*(we) | passeamos | patenteamos | estreamos | ideamos |
vós*(you, formal) | passeais | patenteais | estreais | ideais |
vocês(you, pl.)eles, elas(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**(to mediate) | ansiar(to yearn, to long) | incendiar(to ignite, to fire) | odiar(to hate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
eu(I) | medeio | anseio | incendeio | odeio |
tu(you) | medeias | anseias | incendeias | odeias |
você(you, sg.)ele(he, it)ela(she, it) | medeia | anseia | incendeia | odeia |
nós*(we) | mediamos | ansiamos | incendiamos | odiamos |
vós*(you, formal) | mediais | ansiais | incendiais | odiais |
vocês(you, pl.)eles, elas(they) | medeiam | anseiam | incendeiam | odeiam |
