acostumar — Portuguese conjugation

to accustom

Frequency#548Regular

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
euacostumoI accustom
tuacostumasyou accustom
vocêacostumayou accustom
ele/elaacostumahe/she/it accustoms
nósacostumamoswe accustom
vósacostumaisyou (pl.) accustom
vocêsacostumamyou (pl.) accustom
eles/elasacostumamthey accustom

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
euacostumeiI accustomed
tuacostumasteyou accustomed
vocêacostumouyou accustomed
ele/elaacostumouhe/she/it accustomed
nósacostumamoswe accustomed
vósacostumastesyou (pl.) accustomed
vocêsacostumaramyou (pl.) accustomed
eles/elasacostumaramthey accustomed

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
euacostumava
tuacostumavas
vocêacostumava
ele/elaacostumava
nósacostumávamos
vósacostumáveis
vocêsacostumavam
eles/elasacostumavam

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
euacostumariaI would accustom
tuacostumariasyou would accustom
vocêacostumariayou would accustom
ele/elaacostumariahe/she/it would accustom
nósacostumaríamoswe would accustom
vósacostumaríeisyou (pl.) would accustom
vocêsacostumariamyou (pl.) would accustom
eles/elasacostumariamthey would accustom

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
euacostumareiI will accustom
tuacostumarásyou will accustom
vocêacostumaráyou will accustom
ele/elaacostumaráhe/she/it will accustom
nósacostumaremoswe will accustom
vósacostumareisyou (pl.) will accustom
vocêsacostumarãoyou (pl.) will accustom
eles/elasacostumarãothey will accustom

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 acostumadoI have accustomed
tutens acostumadoyou have accustomed
vocêtem acostumadoyou have accustomed
ele/elatem acostumadohe/she/it has accustomed
nóstemos acostumadowe have accustomed
vóstendes acostumadoyou (pl.) have accustomed
vocêstêm acostumadoyou (pl.) have accustomed
eles/elastêm acostumadothey have accustomed

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 acostumadoI had accustomed
tutinhas acostumadoyou had accustomed
vocêtinha acostumadoyou had accustomed
ele/elatinha acostumadohe/she/it had accustomed
nóstínhamos acostumadowe had accustomed
vóstínheis acostumadoyou (pl.) had accustomed
vocêstinham acostumadoyou (pl.) had accustomed
eles/elastinham acostumadothey had accustomed

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

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 acostumadoI will have accustomed
tuterás acostumadoyou will have accustomed
vocêterá acostumadoyou will have accustomed
ele/elaterá acostumadohe/she/it will have accustomed
nósteremos acostumadowe will have accustomed
vóstereis acostumadoyou (pl.) will have accustomed
vocêsterão acostumadoyou (pl.) will have accustomed
eles/elasterão acostumadothey will have accustomed

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
euacostume
tuacostumes
vocêacostume
ele/elaacostume
nósacostumemos
vósacostumeis
vocêsacostumem
eles/elasacostumem

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
euacostumasse
tuacostumasses
vocêacostumasse
ele/elaacostumasse
nósacostumássemos
vósacostumásseis
vocêsacostumassem
eles/elasacostumassem

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
tuacostuma
vocêacostume
ele/elaacostume
nósacostumemos
vósacostumai
vocêsacostumem
eles/elasacostumem

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 acostumes
vocênão acostume
ele/elanão acostume
nósnão acostumemos
vósnão acostumeis
vocêsnão acostumem
eles/elasnão acostumem