afogar as mágoas

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “to drown the sorrows”.

Verb

afogar as mágoas (first-person singular present afogo as mágoas, first-person singular preterite afoguei as mágoas, past participle afogado as mágoas)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to drown one's sorrows (drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings)

   Você precisa é afogar as mágoas. ― What you need is to drown your sorrows.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see afogar,‎ mágoas.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of afogar as mágoas (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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	afogar as mágoas
Personal	afogar as mágoas	afogares as mágoas	afogar as mágoas	afogarmos as mágoas	afogardes as mágoas	afogarem as mágoas
Gerund
	afogando as mágoas
Past participle
Masculine	afogado as mágoas			afogados as mágoas
Feminine	afogada as mágoas			afogadas as mágoas
Indicative
Present	afogo as mágoas	afogas as mágoas	afoga as mágoas	afogamos as mágoas	afogais as mágoas	afogam as mágoas
Imperfect	afogava as mágoas	afogavas as mágoas	afogava as mágoas	afogávamos as mágoas	afogáveis as mágoas	afogavam as mágoas
Preterite	afoguei as mágoas	afogaste as mágoas	afogou as mágoas	afogamos as mágoas1, afogámos as mágoas2	afogastes as mágoas	afogaram as mágoas
Pluperfect	afogara as mágoas	afogaras as mágoas	afogara as mágoas	afogáramos as mágoas	afogáreis as mágoas	afogaram as mágoas
Future	afogarei as mágoas	afogarás as mágoas	afogará as mágoas	afogaremos as mágoas	afogareis as mágoas	afogarão as mágoas
Conditional	afogaria as mágoas	afogarias as mágoas	afogaria as mágoas	afogaríamos as mágoas	afogaríeis as mágoas	afogariam as mágoas
Subjunctive
Present	afogue as mágoas	afogues as mágoas	afogue as mágoas	afoguemos as mágoas	afogueis as mágoas	afoguem as mágoas
Imperfect	afogasse as mágoas	afogasses as mágoas	afogasse as mágoas	afogássemos as mágoas	afogásseis as mágoas	afogassem as mágoas
Future	afogar as mágoas	afogares as mágoas	afogar as mágoas	afogarmos as mágoas	afogardes as mágoas	afogarem as mágoas
Imperative
Affirmative		afoga as mágoas	afogue as mágoas	afoguemos as mágoas	afogai as mágoas	afoguem as mágoas
Negative (não)		não afogues as mágoas	não afogue as mágoas	não afoguemos as mágoas	não afogueis as mágoas	não afoguem as mágoas

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.