mexer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /me.ˈʃe(ɾ)/
• Hyphenation: me‧xer

Etymology

From Latin miscēre, present active infinitive of misceō (“I mix”).

Verb

mexer (first-person singular present indicative mexo, past participle mexido)

1. (transitive) to move, to mess with, to put your hands on

   Não mexas nas minhas coisas. — “Don't move my stuff.”

   Esse filme mexeu comigo. — “That movie moved (touched) me.”

   Para de te mexer! — “Stop moving! Stand still!”

2. (transitive) to fiddle with

   Estava mexendo no meu celular. — “I was fiddling with my cell phone.”

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb mexer

Notes:

• This is a regular verb of the -er group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: comer, mexer, temer, varrer, vender.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mexer
Personal	mexer	mexeres	mexer	mexermos	mexerdes	mexerem
Gerund
	mexendo
Past participle
Masculine	mexido			mexidos
Feminine	mexida			mexidas
Indicative
Present	mexo	mexes	mexe	mexemos	mexeis	mexem
Imperfect	mexia	mexias	mexia	mexíamos	mexíeis	mexiam
Preterite	mexi	mexeste	mexeu	mexemos	mexestes	mexeram
Pluperfect	mexera	mexeras	mexera	mexêramos	mexêreis	mexeram
Future	mexerei	mexerás	mexerá	mexeremos	mexereis	mexerão
Conditional	mexeria	mexerias	mexeria	mexeríamos	mexeríeis	mexeriam
Subjunctive
Present	mexa	mexas	mexa	mexamos	mexais	mexam
Imperfect	mexesse	mexesses	mexesse	mexêssemos	mexêsseis	mexessem
Future	mexer	mexeres	mexer	mexermos	mexerdes	mexerem
Imperative
Affirmative	mexa	mexe	mexa	mexamos	mexei	mexam
Negative (não)	mexa	mexas	mexa	mexamos	mexais	mexam