Conjunation

Portuguese verb conjugation

1,287 Portuguese verbs with full conjugation tables — every tense and pronoun.

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Most common Portuguese verbs

  1. dizer to say
  2. haver to there be
  3. gostar to like
  4. achar to find
  5. precisar to need
  6. acontecer to happen
  7. andar to walk
  8. acreditar to believe
  9. perguntar to ask
  10. pegar to catch
  11. contar to tell
  12. existir to exist
  13. perceber to understand
  14. aparecer to appear
  15. considerar to consider
  16. esquecer to forget
  17. surgir to arise, to emerge
  18. sofrer to suffer
  19. buscar to search for
  20. escutar to listen to
  21. ocorrer to occur, happen
  22. ser to be
  23. estar to be
  24. ir to go
  25. ter to have
  26. fazer to do
  27. poder to be able to
  28. querer to want
  29. saber to know
  30. vir to come
  31. dever to should
  32. ver to see
  33. tomar to take
  34. dar to give
  35. pensar to think
  36. falar to speak
  37. encontrar to find
  38. pedir to ask for
  39. pôr to put
  40. sair to leave
  41. partir to split
  42. ouvir to hear
  43. esperar to wait
  44. parecer to seem
  45. deixar to leave
  46. ficar to stay
  47. passar to pass
  48. manter to keep, maintain
  49. levar to take
  50. olhar to gaze

Portuguese tenses explained

Present (Presente)

The presente covers routines, states, and immediate future with adverbs like hoje or amanhã. One present form covers both English simple and progressive readings in most situations.

Ela estuda português todas as noites.

Present subjunctive (Conjuntivo presente)

The present subjunctive appears after want, hope, fear, and impersonal triggers, and typically requires a new subject in the subordinate clause, just as in the other main Romance languages.

Espero que encontres o caminho fácil.

Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo afirmativo)

The affirmative imperative in Portuguese is built with tu, você, nós, vós, and vocês forms; Brazilian norms favour você/vocês with third-person present verb shapes.

Diga a verdade, por favor.

Preterite (Pretérito perfeito simples)

The pretérito perfeito simples is a sharp, completed past. In European Portuguese it is the standard story-telling past; Brazilian usage often prefers the compound form in speech while keeping the simple for narrative and writing.

Ontem escreveu a carta inteira de uma vez.

Imperfect subjunctive (Conjuntivo pretérito imperf.)

The imperfect subjunctive in se + subjunctive → condicional is the classic “if I were a rich man” line in European Portuguese, parallel to the Spanish -ra form.

Se tivesse mais tempo, aprenderia outro idioma.

Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo)

Negative commands require não plus the present subjunctive for each person, which is a distinctive feature compared to other Romance systems that reuse present indicative in some slots.

Não falemos com pressa, está tudo calmo.

Imperfect (Pretérito imperfeito)

The imperfeito describes past background, repeated actions, and how things used to be. Contrast it with the simple preterite for the “main event” line of a story.

Quando era criança, brincava na praia.

Conditional (Condicional)

The condicional is for polite offers, soft questions, and hypothetical “would” outcomes, and it often closes a se + imperfeito do subjuntivo chain in formal style.

Você poderia me explicar outra vez?

Future (Futuro do presente)

The futuro do presente states future facts; in everyday conversation you will often hear ir + infinitive or even the present with a time adverb instead of the synthetic future.

Amanhã faremos a reunião mais cedo.

Present perfect (Pretérito perfeito composto)

The pretérito perfeito composto uses ter or haver plus the participle for a past that still touches the present or happens repeatedly up to now — a “have done” perfect with strong links to European norms.

Tenho pensado nisso há semanas.

Pluperfect (Mais-que-perfeito composto)

The mais-que-perfeito composto is the pluperfect: an action was already finished before another past reference. It mirrors the English “had already”.

Já tinham saído quando chegámos.

Conditional perfect (Condicional composto)

The condicional composto expresses a counterfactual “would have” and appears with the right kind of if-clause in the subjunctive past for unreal conditions.

Teria aceite se tiveses avisado com antecedência.

Future perfect (Futuro composto)

The futuro composto is the future-in-the-future: something will be finished before a later time. It is less frequent than the simple future but still useful for deadlines.

Até sexta, teremos lido tudo o relatório.