acrescentar — Portuguese conjugation

to add

Frequency#549Irregular

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
euacrescentoI add
tuacrescentasyou add
vocêacrescentayou add
ele/elaacrescentahe/she/it adds
nósacrescentamoswe add
vósacrescentaisyou (pl.) add
vocêsacrescentamyou (pl.) add
eles/elasacrescentamthey add

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
euacrescenteiI added
tuacrescentasteyou added
vocêacrescentouyou added
ele/elaacrescentouhe/she/it added
nósacrescentamoswe added
vósacrescentastesyou (pl.) added
vocêsacrescentaramyou (pl.) added
eles/elasacrescentaramthey added

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
euacrescentava
tuacrescentavas
vocêacrescentava
ele/elaacrescentava
nósacrescentávamos
vósacrescentáveis
vocêsacrescentavam
eles/elasacrescentavam

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
euacrescentariaI would add
tuacrescentariasyou would add
vocêacrescentariayou would add
ele/elaacrescentariahe/she/it would add
nósacrescentaríamoswe would add
vósacrescentaríeisyou (pl.) would add
vocêsacrescentariamyou (pl.) would add
eles/elasacrescentariamthey would add

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
euacrescentareiI will add
tuacrescentarásyou will add
vocêacrescentaráyou will add
ele/elaacrescentaráhe/she/it will add
nósacrescentaremoswe will add
vósacrescentareisyou (pl.) will add
vocêsacrescentarãoyou (pl.) will add
eles/elasacrescentarãothey will add

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 acrescentadoI have added
tutens acrescentadoyou have added
vocêtem acrescentadoyou have added
ele/elatem acrescentadohe/she/it has added
nóstemos acrescentadowe have added
vóstendes acrescentadoyou (pl.) have added
vocêstêm acrescentadoyou (pl.) have added
eles/elastêm acrescentadothey have added

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 acrescentadoI had added
tutinhas acrescentadoyou had added
vocêtinha acrescentadoyou had added
ele/elatinha acrescentadohe/she/it had added
nóstínhamos acrescentadowe had added
vóstínheis acrescentadoyou (pl.) had added
vocêstinham acrescentadoyou (pl.) had added
eles/elastinham acrescentadothey had added

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

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 acrescentadoI will have added
tuterás acrescentadoyou will have added
vocêterá acrescentadoyou will have added
ele/elaterá acrescentadohe/she/it will have added
nósteremos acrescentadowe will have added
vóstereis acrescentadoyou (pl.) will have added
vocêsterão acrescentadoyou (pl.) will have added
eles/elasterão acrescentadothey will have added

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
euacrescente
tuacrescentes
vocêacrescente
ele/elaacrescente
nósacrescentemos
vósacrescenteis
vocêsacrescentem
eles/elasacrescentem

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
euacrescentasse
tuacrescentasses
vocêacrescentasse
ele/elaacrescentasse
nósacrescentássemos
vósacrescentásseis
vocêsacrescentassem
eles/elasacrescentassem

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
tuacrescenta
vocêacrescente
ele/elaacrescente
nósacrescentemos
vósacrescentai
vocêsacrescentem
eles/elasacrescentem

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 acrescentes
vocênão acrescente
ele/elanão acrescente
nósnão acrescentemos
vósnão acrescenteis
vocêsnão acrescentem
eles/elasnão acrescentem