admirar-se — Portuguese conjugation
to be amazed, to wonder (at)
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | admiro-me | I am amazed |
| tu | admiras-te | you are amazed |
| você | admira-se | you are amazed |
| ele/ela | admira-se | he/she/it is amazed |
| nós | admiramo-nos | we are amazed |
| vós | admirais-vos | you (pl.) are amazed |
| vocês | admiram-se | you (pl.) are amazed |
| eles/elas | admiram-se | they are amazed |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | admirei-me | I was amazed |
| tu | admiraste-te | you were amazed |
| você | admirou-se | you were amazed |
| ele/ela | admirou-se | he/she/it was amazed |
| nós | admiramo-nos | we were amazed |
| vós | admirastes-vos | you (pl.) were amazed |
| vocês | admiraram-se | you (pl.) were amazed |
| eles/elas | admiraram-se | they were amazed |
Imperfect (Pretérito imperfeito) Irregular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | admirava-me |
| tu | admiravas-te |
| você | admirava-se |
| ele/ela | admirava-se |
| nós | admirávamo-nos |
| vós | admiráveis-vos |
| vocês | admiravam-se |
| eles/elas | admiravam-se |
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?
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | admirar-me-ia | I would be amazed |
| tu | admirar-te-ias | you would be amazed |
| você | admirar-se-ia | you would be amazed |
| ele/ela | admirar-se-ia | he/she/it would be amazed |
| nós | admirar-nos-íamos | we would be amazed |
| vós | admirar-vos-íeis | you (pl.) would be amazed |
| vocês | admirar-se-iam | you (pl.) would be amazed |
| eles/elas | admirar-se-iam | they would be amazed |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | admirar-me-ei | I will be amazed |
| tu | admirar-te-ás | you will be amazed |
| você | admirar-se-á | you will be amazed |
| ele/ela | admirar-se-á | he/she/it will be amazed |
| nós | admirar-nos-emos | we will be amazed |
| vós | admirar-vos-eis | you (pl.) will be amazed |
| vocês | admirar-se-ão | you (pl.) will be amazed |
| eles/elas | admirar-se-ão | they will be amazed |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tenho admirado | I have been amazed |
| tu | tens admirado | you have been amazed |
| você | tem admirado | you have been amazed |
| ele/ela | tem admirado | he/she/it has been amazed |
| nós | temos admirado | we have been amazed |
| vós | tendes admirado | you (pl.) have been amazed |
| vocês | têm admirado | you (pl.) have been amazed |
| eles/elas | têm admirado | they have been amazed |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tinha admirado | I had been amazed |
| tu | tinhas admirado | you had been amazed |
| você | tinha admirado | you had been amazed |
| ele/ela | tinha admirado | he/she/it had been amazed |
| nós | tínhamos admirado | we had been amazed |
| vós | tínheis admirado | you (pl.) had been amazed |
| vocês | tinham admirado | you (pl.) had been amazed |
| eles/elas | tinham admirado | they had been amazed |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | teria admirado |
| tu | terias admirado |
| você | teria admirado |
| ele/ela | teria admirado |
| nós | teríamos admirado |
| vós | teríeis admirado |
| vocês | teriam admirado |
| eles/elas | teriam admirado |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | terei admirado | I will have been amazed |
| tu | terás admirado | you will have been amazed |
| você | terá admirado | you will have been amazed |
| ele/ela | terá admirado | he/she/it will have been amazed |
| nós | teremos admirado | we will have been amazed |
| vós | tereis admirado | you (pl.) will have been amazed |
| vocês | terão admirado | you (pl.) will have been amazed |
| eles/elas | terão admirado | they will have been amazed |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | admire-me |
| tu | admires-te |
| você | admire-se |
| ele/ela | admire-se |
| nós | admiremo-nos |
| vós | admireis-vos |
| vocês | admirem-se |
| eles/elas | admirem-se |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | admirasse-me |
| tu | admirasses-te |
| você | admirasse-se |
| ele/ela | admirasse-se |
| nós | admirássemo-nos |
| vós | admirásseis-vos |
| vocês | admirassem-se |
| eles/elas | admirassem-se |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | admira-te |
| você | admire-se |
| ele/ela | admire-se |
| nós | admiremo-nos |
| vós | admirai-vos |
| vocês | admirem-se |
| eles/elas | admirem-se |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | não te admires |
| você | não se admire |
| ele/ela | não se admire |
| nós | não nos admiremos |
| vós | não vos admireis |
| vocês | não se admirem |
| eles/elas | não se admirem |