anotar — Portuguese conjugation

to note

Frequency#1081IrregularReflexiveanotar-se — to note down oneself

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
euanotoI note
tuanotasyou note
vocêanotayou note
ele/elaanotahe/she/it notes
nósanotamoswe note
vósanotaisyou (pl.) note
vocêsanotamyou (pl.) note
eles/elasanotamthey note

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.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
euanoteiI noted
tuanotasteyou noted
vocêanotouyou noted
ele/elaanotouhe/she/it noted
nósanotamoswe noted
vósanotastesyou (pl.) noted
vocêsanotaramyou (pl.) noted
eles/elasanotaramthey noted

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
euanotava
tuanotavas
vocêanotava
ele/elaanotava
nósanotávamos
vósanotáveis
vocêsanotavam
eles/elasanotavam

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
euanotariaI would note
tuanotariasyou would note
vocêanotariayou would note
ele/elaanotariahe/she/it would note
nósanotaríamoswe would note
vósanotaríeisyou (pl.) would note
vocêsanotariamyou (pl.) would note
eles/elasanotariamthey would note

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
euanotareiI will note
tuanotarásyou will note
vocêanotaráyou will note
ele/elaanotaráhe/she/it will note
nósanotaremoswe will note
vósanotareisyou (pl.) will note
vocêsanotarãoyou (pl.) will note
eles/elasanotarãothey will note

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 anotadoI have noted
tutens anotadoyou have noted
vocêtem anotadoyou have noted
ele/elatem anotadohe/she/it has noted
nóstemos anotadowe have noted
vóstendes anotadoyou (pl.) have noted
vocêstêm anotadoyou (pl.) have noted
eles/elastêm anotadothey have noted

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 anotadoI had noted
tutinhas anotadoyou had noted
vocêtinha anotadoyou had noted
ele/elatinha anotadohe/she/it had noted
nóstínhamos anotadowe had noted
vóstínheis anotadoyou (pl.) had noted
vocêstinham anotadoyou (pl.) had noted
eles/elastinham anotadothey had noted

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

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 anotadoI will have noted
tuterás anotadoyou will have noted
vocêterá anotadoyou will have noted
ele/elaterá anotadohe/she/it will have noted
nósteremos anotadowe will have noted
vóstereis anotadoyou (pl.) will have noted
vocêsterão anotadoyou (pl.) will have noted
eles/elasterão anotadothey will have noted

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
euanote
tuanotes
vocêanote
ele/elaanote
nósanotemos
vósanoteis
vocêsanotem
eles/elasanotem

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
euanotasse
tuanotasses
vocêanotasse
ele/elaanotasse
nósanotássemos
vósanotásseis
vocêsanotassem
eles/elasanotassem

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
tuanota
vocêanote
ele/elaanote
nósanotemos
vósanotai
vocêsanotem
eles/elasanotem

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 anotes
vocênão anote
ele/elanão anote
nósnão anotemos
vósnão anoteis
vocêsnão anotem
eles/elasnão anotem