Brazilian Portuguese Grammar
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Defective verbs Verbos defectivos |
Defective verbs are special verbs in the language because they lack some grammatical persons and verb tenses. In order to understand them, make sure you review (regular) verb conjugation patterns and primitive and derived tenses.
| Defective verbs you need to know | |||
| Example | Tip | Presente do indicativo | |
| abolir | When removing the infinitive ending (-er or -ir), there are only the persons followed by e or i in the verb patterns. | eu | - |
| tu | aboles | ||
| ele | abole | ||
| nós | abolimos | ||
| vós | abolis | ||
| eles | abolem | ||
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Since these verbs don't have the 1st person singular of the presente do indicativo, they are not conjugated in the:
Besides, they only have the second persons (singular and plural) of the imperativo afirmativo. They are regular verbs in other conjugations. Other verbs: aturdir => to stun banir => to banish brandir => to brandish bramir => to yell carpir => to weed colorir => to color delinqüir => to commit a crime esculpir => to carve, to engrave explodir => to explode exaurir => to exhaust fulgir => to shine impingir => to impinge, to foist ruir => to collapse soer => to be accustomed to |
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| Example | Tip | Presente do indicativo | |
| extorquir | When removing the infinitive ending (-ir), there are only the persons followed by by i in the verb patterns. | eu | - |
| tu | - | ||
| ele | - | ||
| nós | extorquimos | ||
| vós | extorquis | ||
| eles | - | ||
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Since these verbs don't have the 1st and 2nd persons singular of the presente do indicativo, they are not conjugated in the:
They are regular verbs in other conjugations. Other verbs: falir => to go bankrupt florir => to flourish, to blossom remir => to redeem ressarcir => to compensate, to indemnify |
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| Example | Tip | Presente do indicativo | |
| reaver | It follows the conjugation pattern of verb haver, but only has the verb forms which keep the consonant v along all tenses and moods. | eu | - |
| tu | - | ||
| ele | - | ||
| nós | reavemos | ||
| vós | reaveis | ||
| eles | - | ||
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