aborrecer — Portuguese conjugation

to hate

Frequency#1066Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
euaborreçoI hate
tuaborrecesyou hate
vocêaborreceyou hate
ele/elaaborrecehe/she/it hates
nósaborrecemoswe hate
vósaborreceisyou (pl.) hate
vocêsaborrecemyou (pl.) hate
eles/elasaborrecemthey hate

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.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
euaborreciI hated
tuaborrecesteyou hated
vocêaborreceuyou hated
ele/elaaborreceuhe/she/it hated
nósaborrecemoswe hated
vósaborrecestesyou (pl.) hated
vocêsaborreceramyou (pl.) hated
eles/elasaborreceramthey hated

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.

PronounPortuguese
euaborrecia
tuaborrecias
vocêaborrecia
ele/elaaborrecia
nósaborrecíamos
vósaborrecíeis
vocêsaborreciam
eles/elasaborreciam

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?

PronounPortugueseEnglish
euaborreceriaI would hate
tuaborreceriasyou would hate
vocêaborreceriayou would hate
ele/elaaborreceriahe/she/it would hate
nósaborreceríamoswe would hate
vósaborreceríeisyou (pl.) would hate
vocêsaborreceriamyou (pl.) would hate
eles/elasaborreceriamthey would hate

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.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
euaborrecereiI will hate
tuaborrecerásyou will hate
vocêaborreceráyou will hate
ele/elaaborreceráhe/she/it will hate
nósaborreceremoswe will hate
vósaborrecereisyou (pl.) will hate
vocêsaborrecerãoyou (pl.) will hate
eles/elasaborrecerãothey will hate

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.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
eutenho aborrecidoI have hated
tutens aborrecidoyou have hated
vocêtem aborrecidoyou have hated
ele/elatem aborrecidohe/she/it has hated
nóstemos aborrecidowe have hated
vóstendes aborrecidoyou (pl.) have hated
vocêstêm aborrecidoyou (pl.) have hated
eles/elastêm aborrecidothey have hated

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.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
eutinha aborrecidoI had hated
tutinhas aborrecidoyou had hated
vocêtinha aborrecidoyou had hated
ele/elatinha aborrecidohe/she/it had hated
nóstínhamos aborrecidowe had hated
vóstínheis aborrecidoyou (pl.) had hated
vocêstinham aborrecidoyou (pl.) had hated
eles/elastinham aborrecidothey had hated

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.

PronounPortuguese
euteria aborrecido
tuterias aborrecido
vocêteria aborrecido
ele/elateria aborrecido
nósteríamos aborrecido
vósteríeis aborrecido
vocêsteriam aborrecido
eles/elasteriam aborrecido

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.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
euterei aborrecidoI will have hated
tuterás aborrecidoyou will have hated
vocêterá aborrecidoyou will have hated
ele/elaterá aborrecidohe/she/it will have hated
nósteremos aborrecidowe will have hated
vóstereis aborrecidoyou (pl.) will have hated
vocêsterão aborrecidoyou (pl.) will have hated
eles/elasterão aborrecidothey will have hated

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.

PronounPortuguese
euaborreça
tuaborreças
vocêaborreça
ele/elaaborreça
nósaborreçamos
vósaborreçais
vocêsaborreçam
eles/elasaborreçam

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.

PronounPortuguese
euaborrecesse
tuaborrecesses
vocêaborrecesse
ele/elaaborrecesse
nósaborrecêssemos
vósaborrecêsseis
vocêsaborrecessem
eles/elasaborrecessem

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.

PronounPortuguese
tuaborrece
vocêaborreça
ele/elaaborreça
nósaborreçamos
vósaborrecei
vocêsaborreçam
eles/elasaborreçam

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.

PronounPortuguese
tunão aborreças
vocênão aborreça
ele/elanão aborreça
nósnão aborreçamos
vósnão aborreçais
vocêsnão aborreçam
eles/elasnão aborreçam