aliviar — Portuguese conjugation

to relieve

Frequency#911Regular

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
eualivioI relieve
tualiviasyou relieve
vocêaliviayou relieve
ele/elaaliviahe/she/it relieves
nósaliviamoswe relieve
vósaliviaisyou (pl.) relieve
vocêsaliviamyou (pl.) relieve
eles/elasaliviamthey relieve

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
eualivieiI relieved
tualiviasteyou relieved
vocêaliviouyou relieved
ele/elaaliviouhe/she/it relieved
nósaliviamoswe relieved
vósaliviastesyou (pl.) relieved
vocêsaliviaramyou (pl.) relieved
eles/elasaliviaramthey relieved

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
eualiviava
tualiviavas
vocêaliviava
ele/elaaliviava
nósaliviávamos
vósaliviáveis
vocêsaliviavam
eles/elasaliviavam

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
eualiviariaI would relieve
tualiviariasyou would relieve
vocêaliviariayou would relieve
ele/elaaliviariahe/she/it would relieve
nósaliviaríamoswe would relieve
vósaliviaríeisyou (pl.) would relieve
vocêsaliviariamyou (pl.) would relieve
eles/elasaliviariamthey would relieve

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
eualiviareiI will relieve
tualiviarásyou will relieve
vocêaliviaráyou will relieve
ele/elaaliviaráhe/she/it will relieve
nósaliviaremoswe will relieve
vósaliviareisyou (pl.) will relieve
vocêsaliviarãoyou (pl.) will relieve
eles/elasaliviarãothey will relieve

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 aliviadoI have relieved
tutens aliviadoyou have relieved
vocêtem aliviadoyou have relieved
ele/elatem aliviadohe/she/it has relieved
nóstemos aliviadowe have relieved
vóstendes aliviadoyou (pl.) have relieved
vocêstêm aliviadoyou (pl.) have relieved
eles/elastêm aliviadothey have relieved

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 aliviadoI had relieved
tutinhas aliviadoyou had relieved
vocêtinha aliviadoyou had relieved
ele/elatinha aliviadohe/she/it had relieved
nóstínhamos aliviadowe had relieved
vóstínheis aliviadoyou (pl.) had relieved
vocêstinham aliviadoyou (pl.) had relieved
eles/elastinham aliviadothey had relieved

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

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 aliviadoI will have relieved
tuterás aliviadoyou will have relieved
vocêterá aliviadoyou will have relieved
ele/elaterá aliviadohe/she/it will have relieved
nósteremos aliviadowe will have relieved
vóstereis aliviadoyou (pl.) will have relieved
vocêsterão aliviadoyou (pl.) will have relieved
eles/elasterão aliviadothey will have relieved

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
eualivie
tualivies
vocêalivie
ele/elaalivie
nósaliviemos
vósalivieis
vocêsaliviem
eles/elasaliviem

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
eualiviasse
tualiviasses
vocêaliviasse
ele/elaaliviasse
nósaliviássemos
vósaliviásseis
vocêsaliviassem
eles/elasaliviassem

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
tualivia
vocêalivie
ele/elaalivie
nósaliviemos
vósaliviai
vocêsaliviem
eles/elasaliviem

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 alivies
vocênão alivie
ele/elanão alivie
nósnão aliviemos
vósnão alivieis
vocêsnão aliviem
eles/elasnão aliviem