activar — Portuguese conjugation

to activate

Frequency#712Regular

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
euactivoI activate
tuactivasyou activate
vocêactivayou activate
ele/elaactivahe/she/it activates
nósactivamoswe activate
vósactivaisyou (pl.) activate
vocêsactivamyou (pl.) activate
eles/elasactivamthey activate

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
euactiveiI activated
tuactivasteyou activated
vocêactivouyou activated
ele/elaactivouhe/she/it activated
nósactivamoswe activated
vósactivastesyou (pl.) activated
vocêsactivaramyou (pl.) activated
eles/elasactivaramthey activated

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
euactivava
tuactivavas
vocêactivava
ele/elaactivava
nósactivávamos
vósactiváveis
vocêsactivavam
eles/elasactivavam

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
euactivariaI would activate
tuactivariasyou would activate
vocêactivariayou would activate
ele/elaactivariahe/she/it would activate
nósactivaríamoswe would activate
vósactivaríeisyou (pl.) would activate
vocêsactivariamyou (pl.) would activate
eles/elasactivariamthey would activate

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
euactivareiI will activate
tuactivarásyou will activate
vocêactivaráyou will activate
ele/elaactivaráhe/she/it will activate
nósactivaremoswe will activate
vósactivareisyou (pl.) will activate
vocêsactivarãoyou (pl.) will activate
eles/elasactivarãothey will activate

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 activadoI have activated
tutens activadoyou have activated
vocêtem activadoyou have activated
ele/elatem activadohe/she/it has activated
nóstemos activadowe have activated
vóstendes activadoyou (pl.) have activated
vocêstêm activadoyou (pl.) have activated
eles/elastêm activadothey have activated

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 activadoI had activated
tutinhas activadoyou had activated
vocêtinha activadoyou had activated
ele/elatinha activadohe/she/it had activated
nóstínhamos activadowe had activated
vóstínheis activadoyou (pl.) had activated
vocêstinham activadoyou (pl.) had activated
eles/elastinham activadothey had activated

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

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 activadoI will have activated
tuterás activadoyou will have activated
vocêterá activadoyou will have activated
ele/elaterá activadohe/she/it will have activated
nósteremos activadowe will have activated
vóstereis activadoyou (pl.) will have activated
vocêsterão activadoyou (pl.) will have activated
eles/elasterão activadothey will have activated

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
euactive
tuactives
vocêactive
ele/elaactive
nósactivemos
vósactiveis
vocêsactivem
eles/elasactivem

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
euactivasse
tuactivasses
vocêactivasse
ele/elaactivasse
nósactivássemos
vósactivásseis
vocêsactivassem
eles/elasactivassem

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
tuactiva
vocêactive
ele/elaactive
nósactivemos
vósactivai
vocêsactivem
eles/elasactivem

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 actives
vocênão active
ele/elanão active
nósnão activemos
vósnão activeis
vocêsnão activem
eles/elasnão activem