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investigar

to investigate

Regular · 24 form tables

Brazilian Portuguese, with você, a gente and vocês. The tables also include personal infinitives; supplied tu commands appear under other forms.

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Indicative

Present

investigar: Present
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I investigate
você, ele, ela	you investigate; he/she investigates
nós	we investigate
a gente	we investigate
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) investigate; they investigate

Present continuous

investigar: Present continuous
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I am investigating
você, ele, ela	you are investigating; he/she is investigating
nós	we are investigating
a gente	we are investigating
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) are investigating; they are investigating

Past continuous

investigar: Past continuous
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I was investigating
você, ele, ela	you were investigating; he/she was investigating
nós	we were investigating
a gente	we were investigating
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) were investigating; they were investigating

Completed past

investigar: Completed past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I investigated
você, ele, ela	you investigated; he/she investigated
nós	we investigated
a gente	we investigated
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) investigated; they investigated

Imperfect

investigar: Imperfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I used to investigate
você, ele, ela	you used to investigate; he/she used to investigate
nós	we used to investigate
a gente	we used to investigate
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) used to investigate; they used to investigate

Compound past

investigar: Compound past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I have been investigating
você, ele, ela	you have been investigating; he/she has been investigating
nós	we have been investigating
a gente	we have been investigating
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) have been investigating; they have been investigating

Past perfect

investigar: Past perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I had investigated
você, ele, ela	you had investigated; he/she had investigated
nós	we had investigated
a gente	we had investigated
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) had investigated; they had investigated

Literary past perfect

investigar: Literary past perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I had investigated
você, ele, ela	you had investigated; he/she had investigated
nós	we had investigated
a gente	we had investigated
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) had investigated; they had investigated

Future

investigar: Future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I will investigate
você, ele, ela	you will investigate; he/she will investigate
nós	we will investigate
a gente	we will investigate
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) will investigate; they will investigate

Future perfect

investigar: Future perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I will have investigated
você, ele, ela	you will have investigated; he/she will have investigated
nós	we will have investigated
a gente	we will have investigated
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) will have investigated; they will have investigated

Going to

investigar: Going to
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I am going to investigate
você, ele, ela	you are going to investigate; he/she is going to investigate
nós	we are going to investigate
a gente	we are going to investigate
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) are going to investigate; they are going to investigate

Was going to

investigar: Was going to
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I was going to investigate
você, ele, ela	you were going to investigate; he/she was going to investigate
nós	we were going to investigate
a gente	we were going to investigate
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) were going to investigate; they were going to investigate

Conditional

investigar: Conditional
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I would investigate
você, ele, ela	you would investigate; he/she would investigate
nós	we would investigate
a gente	we would investigate
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) would investigate; they would investigate

Conditional perfect

investigar: Conditional perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	I would have investigated
você, ele, ela	you would have investigated; he/she would have investigated
nós	we would have investigated
a gente	we would have investigated
vocês, eles, elas	you (plural) would have investigated; they would have investigated

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive

investigar: Present subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	(that) I investigate
você, ele, ela	(that) you investigate; (that) he/she investigates
nós	(that) we investigate
a gente	(that) we investigate
vocês, eles, elas	(that) you (plural) investigate; (that) they investigate

Imperfect subjunctive

investigar: Imperfect subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	(if) I investigated
você, ele, ela	(if) you investigated; (if) he/she investigated
nós	(if) we investigated
a gente	(if) we investigated
vocês, eles, elas	(if) you (plural) investigated; (if) they investigated

Perfect subjunctive

investigar: Perfect subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	(that) I have investigated
você, ele, ela	(that) you have investigated; (that) he/she has investigated
nós	(that) we have investigated
a gente	(that) we have investigated
vocês, eles, elas	(that) you (plural) have investigated; (that) they have investigated

Pluperfect subjunctive

investigar: Pluperfect subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	(that) I had investigated
você, ele, ela	(that) you had investigated; (that) he/she had investigated
nós	(that) we had investigated
a gente	(that) we had investigated
vocês, eles, elas	(that) you (plural) had investigated; (that) they had investigated

Future subjunctive

investigar: Future subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	(when/if) I investigate
você, ele, ela	(when/if) you investigate; (when/if) he/she investigates
nós	(when/if) we investigate
a gente	(when/if) we investigate
vocês, eles, elas	(when/if) you (plural) investigate; (when/if) they investigate

Future perfect subjunctive

investigar: Future perfect subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	(when/if) I have investigated
você, ele, ela	(when/if) you have investigated; (when/if) he/she has investigated
nós	(when/if) we have investigated
a gente	(when/if) we have investigated
vocês, eles, elas	(when/if) you (plural) have investigated; (when/if) they have investigated

Commands

Affirmative command

investigar: Affirmative command
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
você, ele, ela	investigate!
nós	let's investigate!
vocês, eles, elas	investigate! (plural)

Negative command

investigar: Negative command
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
você, ele, ela	do not investigate!
nós	let's not investigate!
vocês, eles, elas	do not investigate! (plural)

Infinitive

Personal infinitive

investigar: Personal infinitive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	for me to investigate
você, ele, ela	for you to investigate; for him/her to investigate
nós	for us to investigate
a gente	for us to investigate
vocês, eles, elas	for you (plural) to investigate; for them to investigate

Compound personal infinitive

investigar: Compound personal infinitive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
eu	for me to have investigated
você, ele, ela	for you to have investigated; for him/her to have investigated
nós	for us to have investigated
a gente	for us to have investigated
vocês, eles, elas	for you (plural) to have investigated; for them to have investigated

Additional forms

Gerund
Past participle
Past infinitive
Past gerund
Affirmative command: tu
Negative command: tu

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