abater — Portuguese conjugation
to knock down, to slaughter; to weaken
Indicative
Present (Presente) Regular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | abato | I knock down |
| tu | abates | you knock down |
| você | abate | you knock down |
| ele/ela | abate | he/she/it knocks down |
| nós | abatemos | we knock down |
| vós | abateis | you (pl.) knock down |
| vocês | abatem | you (pl.) knock down |
| eles/elas | abatem | they knock down |
Preterite (Pretérito perfeito simples) Regular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | abati | I knocked down |
| tu | abateste | you knocked down |
| você | abateu | you knocked down |
| ele/ela | abateu | he/she/it knocked down |
| nós | abatemos | we knocked down |
| vós | abatestes | you (pl.) knocked down |
| vocês | abateram | you (pl.) knocked down |
| eles/elas | abateram | they knocked down |
Imperfect (Pretérito imperfeito) Regular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | abatia |
| tu | abatias |
| você | abatia |
| ele/ela | abatia |
| nós | abatíamos |
| vós | abatíeis |
| vocês | abatiam |
| eles/elas | abatiam |
Conditional (Condicional) Regular
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?
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | abateria | I would knock down |
| tu | abaterias | you would knock down |
| você | abateria | you would knock down |
| ele/ela | abateria | he/she/it would knock down |
| nós | abateríamos | we would knock down |
| vós | abateríeis | you (pl.) would knock down |
| vocês | abateriam | you (pl.) would knock down |
| eles/elas | abateriam | they would knock down |
Future (Futuro do presente) Regular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | abaterei | I will knock down |
| tu | abaterás | you will knock down |
| você | abaterá | you will knock down |
| ele/ela | abaterá | he/she/it will knock down |
| nós | abateremos | we will knock down |
| vós | abatereis | you (pl.) will knock down |
| vocês | abaterão | you (pl.) will knock down |
| eles/elas | abaterão | they will knock down |
Present perfect (Pretérito perfeito composto) Regular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tenho abatido | I have knocked down |
| tu | tens abatido | you have knocked down |
| você | tem abatido | you have knocked down |
| ele/ela | tem abatido | he/she/it has knocked down |
| nós | temos abatido | we have knocked down |
| vós | tendes abatido | you (pl.) have knocked down |
| vocês | têm abatido | you (pl.) have knocked down |
| eles/elas | têm abatido | they have knocked down |
Pluperfect (Mais-que-perfeito composto) Regular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tinha abatido | I had knocked down |
| tu | tinhas abatido | you had knocked down |
| você | tinha abatido | you had knocked down |
| ele/ela | tinha abatido | he/she/it had knocked down |
| nós | tínhamos abatido | we had knocked down |
| vós | tínheis abatido | you (pl.) had knocked down |
| vocês | tinham abatido | you (pl.) had knocked down |
| eles/elas | tinham abatido | they had knocked down |
Conditional perfect (Condicional composto) Regular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | teria abatido |
| tu | terias abatido |
| você | teria abatido |
| ele/ela | teria abatido |
| nós | teríamos abatido |
| vós | teríeis abatido |
| vocês | teriam abatido |
| eles/elas | teriam abatido |
Future perfect (Futuro composto) Regular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | terei abatido | I will have knocked down |
| tu | terás abatido | you will have knocked down |
| você | terá abatido | you will have knocked down |
| ele/ela | terá abatido | he/she/it will have knocked down |
| nós | teremos abatido | we will have knocked down |
| vós | tereis abatido | you (pl.) will have knocked down |
| vocês | terão abatido | you (pl.) will have knocked down |
| eles/elas | terão abatido | they will have knocked down |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive (Conjuntivo presente) Regular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | abata |
| tu | abatas |
| você | abata |
| ele/ela | abata |
| nós | abatamos |
| vós | abatais |
| vocês | abatam |
| eles/elas | abatam |
Imperfect subjunctive (Conjuntivo pretérito imperf.) Regular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | abatesse |
| tu | abatesses |
| você | abatesse |
| ele/ela | abatesse |
| nós | abatêssemos |
| vós | abatêsseis |
| vocês | abatessem |
| eles/elas | abatessem |
Other forms
Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo afirmativo) Regular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | abate |
| você | abata |
| ele/ela | abata |
| nós | abatamos |
| vós | abatei |
| vocês | abatam |
| eles/elas | abatam |
Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | não abatas |
| você | não abata |
| ele/ela | não abata |
| nós | não abatamos |
| vós | não abatais |
| vocês | não abatam |
| eles/elas | não abatam |