Chegou a hora - in Portuguese » Brazilian Portuguese, by Semantica

Seems so simple, right. But how would you say something like: "when the time comes to..." or, "please, be on time --?

Simple Use:

Chegou a hora de trabalhar. ➜ It's time to work.

* Note how the de is used here. Literally, arrived the hour of work.

Ela chegou na hora. ➜ She arrived on time.

*Note that in this we're saying on time rather than, the time so it's, na hora.

Chegou a hora de voltar para casa. ➜ The time has come to return home.

Not so obvious:

Quando chegar a hora de sair, nós vamos de táxi. ➜ When it comes time to leave, we'll take a taxi.

*This is the future subjunctive.

Grammar: future subjunctive

Use the future subjunctive tense to talk about things that are likely to happen, but that have not yet occurred.

Me liga quando você chegar. (Call me when you arrive.)

Se eu ver ela te aviso. (If I see her I'll let you know.)

Assim que comprar um carro vou lá. (As soon as I buy a car I'll go there.)

Words that almost always trigger this tense:
quando + verb (when you…)
se + verb (if you…)
assim que (as soon as…)

Por favor chegue na hora. ➜ Please be on time.

*This is the imperative tense because it's a command.

Grammar: imperative mood

» For AR regular verbs you just replace the a with an e.
» For ER & IR regular verbs you just replace the e with an a.

Forming

-ar regular verbs

-er and -ir regular verbs

Some very common examples use the TU form (read the post for more explanation):

esperar » Me espera! (Wait for me!)

olhar » Olha só! (Just look!)

escutar » Escuta! (Listen!)

tirar » Tira sua mão! (Hands off!)

falar » Fala tu! (Talk to me!)

ligar » Me liga! (Call me!)

ter » Vem cá! (Come here!)

Ele está chegando na hora. ➜ He's arriving on time.

Grammar: chegar: to arrive

Chegou a hora – in Portuguese