animar — Portuguese conjugation
to cheer up
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | animo | I cheer up |
| tu | animas | you cheer up |
| você | anima | you cheer up |
| ele/ela | anima | he/she/it cheers up |
| nós | animamos | we cheer up |
| vós | animais | you (pl.) cheer up |
| vocês | animam | you (pl.) cheer up |
| eles/elas | animam | they cheer up |
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 | animei | I cheered up |
| tu | animaste | you cheered up |
| você | animou | you cheered up |
| ele/ela | animou | he/she/it cheered up |
| nós | animamos | we cheered up |
| vós | animastes | you (pl.) cheered up |
| vocês | animaram | you (pl.) cheered up |
| eles/elas | animaram | they cheered up |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | animava |
| tu | animavas |
| você | animava |
| ele/ela | animava |
| nós | animávamos |
| vós | animáveis |
| vocês | animavam |
| eles/elas | animavam |
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 | animaria | I would cheer up |
| tu | animarias | you would cheer up |
| você | animaria | you would cheer up |
| ele/ela | animaria | he/she/it would cheer up |
| nós | animaríamos | we would cheer up |
| vós | animaríeis | you (pl.) would cheer up |
| vocês | animariam | you (pl.) would cheer up |
| eles/elas | animariam | they would cheer up |
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 | animarei | I will cheer up |
| tu | animarás | you will cheer up |
| você | animará | you will cheer up |
| ele/ela | animará | he/she/it will cheer up |
| nós | animaremos | we will cheer up |
| vós | animareis | you (pl.) will cheer up |
| vocês | animarão | you (pl.) will cheer up |
| eles/elas | animarão | they will cheer up |
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 animado | I have cheered up |
| tu | tens animado | you have cheered up |
| você | tem animado | you have cheered up |
| ele/ela | tem animado | he/she/it has cheered up |
| nós | temos animado | we have cheered up |
| vós | tendes animado | you (pl.) have cheered up |
| vocês | têm animado | you (pl.) have cheered up |
| eles/elas | têm animado | they have cheered up |
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 animado | I had cheered up |
| tu | tinhas animado | you had cheered up |
| você | tinha animado | you had cheered up |
| ele/ela | tinha animado | he/she/it had cheered up |
| nós | tínhamos animado | we had cheered up |
| vós | tínheis animado | you (pl.) had cheered up |
| vocês | tinham animado | you (pl.) had cheered up |
| eles/elas | tinham animado | they had cheered up |
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 animado |
| tu | terias animado |
| você | teria animado |
| ele/ela | teria animado |
| nós | teríamos animado |
| vós | teríeis animado |
| vocês | teriam animado |
| eles/elas | teriam animado |
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 animado | I will have cheered up |
| tu | terás animado | you will have cheered up |
| você | terá animado | you will have cheered up |
| ele/ela | terá animado | he/she/it will have cheered up |
| nós | teremos animado | we will have cheered up |
| vós | tereis animado | you (pl.) will have cheered up |
| vocês | terão animado | you (pl.) will have cheered up |
| eles/elas | terão animado | they will have cheered up |
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 | anime |
| tu | animes |
| você | anime |
| ele/ela | anime |
| nós | animemos |
| vós | animeis |
| vocês | animem |
| eles/elas | animem |
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 | animasse |
| tu | animasses |
| você | animasse |
| ele/ela | animasse |
| nós | animássemos |
| vós | animásseis |
| vocês | animassem |
| eles/elas | animassem |
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 | anima |
| você | anime |
| ele/ela | anime |
| nós | animemos |
| vós | animai |
| vocês | animem |
| eles/elas | animem |
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 animes |
| você | não anime |
| ele/ela | não anime |
| nós | não animemos |
| vós | não animeis |
| vocês | não animem |
| eles/elas | não animem |