acidular — Portuguese conjugation

to acidify

Frequency#1070Irregular

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.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
euaciduloI acidify
tuacidulasyou acidify
vocêacidulayou acidify
ele/elaacidulahe/she/it acidifies
nósacidulamoswe acidify
vósacidulaisyou (pl.) acidify
vocêsacidulamyou (pl.) acidify
eles/elasacidulamthey acidify

Preterite (Pretérito perfeito simples) Irregular

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
euaciduleiI acidified
tuacidulasteyou acidified
vocêacidulouyou acidified
ele/elaacidulouhe/she/it acidified
nósacidulamoswe acidified
vósacidulastesyou (pl.) acidified
vocêsacidularamyou (pl.) acidified
eles/elasacidularamthey acidified

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
euacidulava
tuacidulavas
vocêacidulava
ele/elaacidulava
nósacidulávamos
vósaciduláveis
vocêsacidulavam
eles/elasacidulavam

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
euacidulariaI would acidify
tuacidulariasyou would acidify
vocêacidulariayou would acidify
ele/elaacidulariahe/she/it would acidify
nósacidularíamoswe would acidify
vósacidularíeisyou (pl.) would acidify
vocêsacidulariamyou (pl.) would acidify
eles/elasacidulariamthey would acidify

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
euacidulareiI will acidify
tuacidularásyou will acidify
vocêacidularáyou will acidify
ele/elaacidularáhe/she/it will acidify
nósacidularemoswe will acidify
vósacidulareisyou (pl.) will acidify
vocêsacidularãoyou (pl.) will acidify
eles/elasacidularãothey will acidify

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 aciduladoI have acidified
tutens aciduladoyou have acidified
vocêtem aciduladoyou have acidified
ele/elatem aciduladohe/she/it has acidified
nóstemos aciduladowe have acidified
vóstendes aciduladoyou (pl.) have acidified
vocêstêm aciduladoyou (pl.) have acidified
eles/elastêm aciduladothey have acidified

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 aciduladoI had acidified
tutinhas aciduladoyou had acidified
vocêtinha aciduladoyou had acidified
ele/elatinha aciduladohe/she/it had acidified
nóstínhamos aciduladowe had acidified
vóstínheis aciduladoyou (pl.) had acidified
vocêstinham aciduladoyou (pl.) had acidified
eles/elastinham aciduladothey had acidified

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 acidulado
tuterias acidulado
vocêteria acidulado
ele/elateria acidulado
nósteríamos acidulado
vósteríeis acidulado
vocêsteriam acidulado
eles/elasteriam acidulado

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 aciduladoI will have acidified
tuterás aciduladoyou will have acidified
vocêterá aciduladoyou will have acidified
ele/elaterá aciduladohe/she/it will have acidified
nósteremos aciduladowe will have acidified
vóstereis aciduladoyou (pl.) will have acidified
vocêsterão aciduladoyou (pl.) will have acidified
eles/elasterão aciduladothey will have acidified

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
euacidule
tuacidules
vocêacidule
ele/elaacidule
nósacidulemos
vósaciduleis
vocêsacidulem
eles/elasacidulem

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
euacidulasse
tuacidulasses
vocêacidulasse
ele/elaacidulasse
nósacidulássemos
vósacidulásseis
vocêsacidulassem
eles/elasacidulassem

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
tuacidula
vocêacidule
ele/elaacidule
nósacidulemos
vósacidulai
vocêsacidulem
eles/elasacidulem

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 acidules
vocênão acidule
ele/elanão acidule
nósnão acidulemos
vósnão aciduleis
vocêsnão acidulem
eles/elasnão acidulem