Verbs ending in Air in Portuguese

April 9, 2014

Hello fiends! Are you ready to learn Portuguese? Have you ever noticed that we have some subgroups of verb conjugation based on their endings in Portuguese? Today we are going to talk about the the Verbs ending in Air in Portuguese. Take a look at the conjugation and pay attention to the endings highlighted in bold.

Conjugation of the verbs ending in Air in Portuguese

The verbs ending in Air in Portuguese can be a little tricky, so pay attention to the details!

Let’s start by taking a look at the conjugation in the Present Tense:

Notice that the main structure of the verb cair changes in last plural forms of the present tense. In the first person we say: Eu caio, respecting the main structure of cair with an i. But when we talk about vocês and eles/elas we say caem. The letter i turns into an e. So this is where we have to pay attention because the structure of the verb changes in these cases (vocês and eles/elas). This will happen with all of the Verbs ending in Air in Portuguese.

To understand better, let’s see the verb cair conjugated in all forms. The other verbs ending in Air in Portuguese will follow the same structure as this one.

Indicative

Present	Past Simple	Imperfect Past
Eu caio	Eu caí	Eu caía
Você cai	Você caiu	Você caía
Ele/ ela cai	Ele/ ela caiu	Ele/ ela caía
Nós caímos	Nós caímos	Nós caíamos
Vocês caem	Vocês caíram	Vocês caíam
Eles/ elas caem	Eles/ elas caíram	Eles/ elas caíam

Past pluperfect simple	Past pluperfect composed
Eu caíra	Eu tinha caído
Você caíra	Você tinha caído
Ele/ ela caíra	Ele/ ela tinha caído
Nós caíramos	Nós tínhamos caído
Vocês caíram	Vocês tinham caído
Eles/ elas caíram	Eles/ elas tinham caído

Simple Future	Immediate Future	Future of the past
Eu cairei	Eu vou cair	Eu cairia
Você cairá	Você vai cair	Você cairia
Ele/ ela cairá	Ele/ ela vai cair	Ele/ ela cairia
Nós cairemos	Nós vamos cair	Nós cairíamos
Vocês cairão	Vocês vão cair	Vocês cairiam
Eles/ elas cairão	Eles/ elas vão cair	Eles/ elas cairiam

Imperative

Affirmative	Negative
Caia você	Não caia você
Caia ele/ ela	Não caia ele/ ela
Caiamos nós	Não caiamos nós
Caiam vocês	Não caiam vocês
Caiam eles/ elas	Não caiam eles/ elas

Subjunctive

Present	Imperfect Past	Future
Que eu caia	Se eu caísse	Quando eu cair
Que você caia	Se você caísse	Quando você cair
Que ele/ela caia	Se ele/ela caísse	Quando ele/ela cair
Que nós caiamos	Se nós caíssemos	Quando nós cairmos
Que vocês caiamos	Se vocês caíssem	Quando vocês caírem
Que eles/elas caiamos	Se eles/elas caíssem	Quando eles caírem

Other tenses

Personal infinitive	Gerund	Participle
Para cair eu	Caindo	Caído
Para cair você
Para cair ele/ela
Para cairmos nós
Para caírem vocês
Para caírem eles/elas

List of Verbs ending in Air in Portuguese

Here you have a list of some verbs that follow the same structure. Do you know the meaning of all of them?

Sair – To leave
Cair – To fall
Trair – To betray
Sobressair – To excel
Distrair – To distract
Atrair – To attract
Subtrair – To subtract
Esvair – To fade away
Recair – To relapse
Retrair – To retract
Extrair – To extract
Contrair – To contract
Abstrair – To abstract
Descontrair – To relax

Shall we use this conjugation? See some examples using the Verbs ending in -air in Portuguese.

Examples with verbs ending in AIR in Portuguese

Eu sempre caio nas piadas dos meus amigos.
I always fall for my friends jokes.

Eu sempre saio cedo de casa. Você nunca sai.
I always leave home early. You never do.

Todos os dias aquele menino cai da bicicleta, mas ele nunca desiste.
Everyday that boy falls off his bike, but he never gives up.

Ele sai com os colegas para a festa.
He goes out with his friends to party.

Maria sempre sai com o professor nas Atividades RioLIVE! da escola.
Maria always goes with the teacher to the RioLIVE! Activities from school.

Nós saímos juntos para o cinema.
We left together to go to the movies.

Vocês saem do trabalho tarde.
You leave work late.

Eles saem da aula cedo.
They leave class early.

Eles caem na areia jogando vôlei de praia.
They fall on the sand while playing beach volley.

Now it’s your turn!

Complete with the verbs in the appropriate verb tense:

(atrair) O lixo _______ ratos e baratas.
(sair) Eu não _______ muito de casa.
(cair) Em alguns anos o carnaval _______ em Fevereiro. Em outros anos _______ em Março.
(distrair) Eu me _______ assistindo televisão.
(sair) Meu amigo é solteiro e _______ todos os dias. Eu sou casado e quase não _______ mais.
(sair) Ela _______ para a balada todos os dias.
(cair) Meu irmão sempre escorrega e _______.
(atrair) As sereias _______ marinheiros para o fundo do mar.
(distrair) José nunca se _______. Ele tem muito foco.
(subtrair) Nós _______ 4 por 2 e depois dividimos.

So, friends, let’s go out and practice our Portuguese?
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Click on the links below to see more related Dicas
Verbs ending in -AR in Present
Regular verbs in -ER
Verbo ir at Present

Answers

(atrair) O lixo atrai ratos e baratas.
(sair)E u não saio muito de casa.
(cair) Em alguns anos o carnaval cai em Fevereiro. Em outros anos cai em Março.
(distrair) Eu me distraio assistindo televisão.
(sair) Meu amigo é solteiro e sai todos os dias. Eu sou casado e quase não saio mais.
(sair) Ela sai para a balada todos os dias.
(cair) Meu irmão sempre escorrega e cai.
(atrair) As sereias atraem marinheiros para o fundo do mar.
(distrair) José nunca se distrai. Ele tem muito foco.
(subtrair) Nós subtraímos 4 por 2 e depois dividimos.

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