alegar — Portuguese conjugation

to allege

Frequency#1075Regular

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
eualegoI allege
tualegasyou allege
vocêalegayou allege
ele/elaalegahe/she/it alleges
nósalegamoswe allege
vósalegaisyou (pl.) allege
vocêsalegamyou (pl.) allege
eles/elasalegamthey allege

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
eualegueiI alleged
tualegasteyou alleged
vocêalegouyou alleged
ele/elaalegouhe/she/it alleged
nósalegamoswe alleged
vósalegastesyou (pl.) alleged
vocêsalegaramyou (pl.) alleged
eles/elasalegaramthey alleged

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
eualegava
tualegavas
vocêalegava
ele/elaalegava
nósalegávamos
vósalegáveis
vocêsalegavam
eles/elasalegavam

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
eualegariaI would allege
tualegariasyou would allege
vocêalegariayou would allege
ele/elaalegariahe/she/it would allege
nósalegaríamoswe would allege
vósalegaríeisyou (pl.) would allege
vocêsalegariamyou (pl.) would allege
eles/elasalegariamthey would allege

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
eualegareiI will allege
tualegarásyou will allege
vocêalegaráyou will allege
ele/elaalegaráhe/she/it will allege
nósalegaremoswe will allege
vósalegareisyou (pl.) will allege
vocêsalegarãoyou (pl.) will allege
eles/elasalegarãothey will allege

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 alegadoI have alleged
tutens alegadoyou have alleged
vocêtem alegadoyou have alleged
ele/elatem alegadohe/she/it has alleged
nóstemos alegadowe have alleged
vóstendes alegadoyou (pl.) have alleged
vocêstêm alegadoyou (pl.) have alleged
eles/elastêm alegadothey have alleged

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 alegadoI had alleged
tutinhas alegadoyou had alleged
vocêtinha alegadoyou had alleged
ele/elatinha alegadohe/she/it had alleged
nóstínhamos alegadowe had alleged
vóstínheis alegadoyou (pl.) had alleged
vocêstinham alegadoyou (pl.) had alleged
eles/elastinham alegadothey had alleged

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

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 alegadoI will have alleged
tuterás alegadoyou will have alleged
vocêterá alegadoyou will have alleged
ele/elaterá alegadohe/she/it will have alleged
nósteremos alegadowe will have alleged
vóstereis alegadoyou (pl.) will have alleged
vocêsterão alegadoyou (pl.) will have alleged
eles/elasterão alegadothey will have alleged

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
eualegue
tualegues
vocêalegue
ele/elaalegue
nósaleguemos
vósalegueis
vocêsaleguem
eles/elasaleguem

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
eualegasse
tualegasses
vocêalegasse
ele/elaalegasse
nósalegássemos
vósalegásseis
vocêsalegassem
eles/elasalegassem

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
tualega
vocêalegue
ele/elaalegue
nósaleguemos
vósalegai
vocêsaleguem
eles/elasaleguem

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 alegues
vocênão alegue
ele/elanão alegue
nósnão aleguemos
vósnão alegueis
vocêsnão aleguem
eles/elasnão aleguem