andar — Portuguese conjugation

to walk

Frequency#75Regular

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
euandoI walk
tuandasyou walk
vocêandayou walk
ele/elaandahe/she/it walks
nósandamoswe walk
vósandaisyou (pl.) walk
vocêsandamyou (pl.) walk
eles/elasandamthey walk

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
euandeiI walked
tuandasteyou walked
vocêandouyou walked
ele/elaandouhe/she/it walked
nósandamoswe walked
vósandastesyou (pl.) walked
vocêsandaramyou (pl.) walked
eles/elasandaramthey walked

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
euandava
tuandavas
vocêandava
ele/elaandava
nósandávamos
vósandáveis
vocêsandavam
eles/elasandavam

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
euandariaI would walk
tuandariasyou would walk
vocêandariayou would walk
ele/elaandariahe/she/it would walk
nósandaríamoswe would walk
vósandaríeisyou (pl.) would walk
vocêsandariamyou (pl.) would walk
eles/elasandariamthey would walk

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
euandareiI will walk
tuandarásyou will walk
vocêandaráyou will walk
ele/elaandaráhe/she/it will walk
nósandaremoswe will walk
vósandareisyou (pl.) will walk
vocêsandarãoyou (pl.) will walk
eles/elasandarãothey will walk

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 andadoI have walked
tutens andadoyou have walked
vocêtem andadoyou have walked
ele/elatem andadohe/she/it has walked
nóstemos andadowe have walked
vóstendes andadoyou (pl.) have walked
vocêstêm andadoyou (pl.) have walked
eles/elastêm andadothey have walked

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 andadoI had walked
tutinhas andadoyou had walked
vocêtinha andadoyou had walked
ele/elatinha andadohe/she/it had walked
nóstínhamos andadowe had walked
vóstínheis andadoyou (pl.) had walked
vocêstinham andadoyou (pl.) had walked
eles/elastinham andadothey had walked

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

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 andadoI will have walked
tuterás andadoyou will have walked
vocêterá andadoyou will have walked
ele/elaterá andadohe/she/it will have walked
nósteremos andadowe will have walked
vóstereis andadoyou (pl.) will have walked
vocêsterão andadoyou (pl.) will have walked
eles/elasterão andadothey will have walked

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
euande
tuandes
vocêande
ele/elaande
nósandemos
vósandeis
vocêsandem
eles/elasandem

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
euandasse
tuandasses
vocêandasse
ele/elaandasse
nósandássemos
vósandásseis
vocêsandassem
eles/elasandassem

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
tuanda
vocêande
ele/elaande
nósandemos
vósandai
vocêsandem
eles/elasandem

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 andes
vocênão ande
ele/elanão ande
nósnão andemos
vósnão andeis
vocêsnão andem
eles/elasnão andem