anular — Portuguese conjugation

to annul

Frequency#914Regular

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
euanuloI annul
tuanulasyou annul
vocêanulayou annul
ele/elaanulahe/she/it annuls
nósanulamoswe annul
vósanulaisyou (pl.) annul
vocêsanulamyou (pl.) annul
eles/elasanulamthey annul

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
euanuleiI annulled
tuanulasteyou annulled
vocêanulouyou annulled
ele/elaanulouhe/she/it annulled
nósanulamoswe annulled
vósanulastesyou (pl.) annulled
vocêsanularamyou (pl.) annulled
eles/elasanularamthey annulled

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
euanulava
tuanulavas
vocêanulava
ele/elaanulava
nósanulávamos
vósanuláveis
vocêsanulavam
eles/elasanulavam

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
euanulariaI would annul
tuanulariasyou would annul
vocêanulariayou would annul
ele/elaanulariahe/she/it would annul
nósanularíamoswe would annul
vósanularíeisyou (pl.) would annul
vocêsanulariamyou (pl.) would annul
eles/elasanulariamthey would annul

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
euanulareiI will annul
tuanularásyou will annul
vocêanularáyou will annul
ele/elaanularáhe/she/it will annul
nósanularemoswe will annul
vósanulareisyou (pl.) will annul
vocêsanularãoyou (pl.) will annul
eles/elasanularãothey will annul

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 anuladoI have annulled
tutens anuladoyou have annulled
vocêtem anuladoyou have annulled
ele/elatem anuladohe/she/it has annulled
nóstemos anuladowe have annulled
vóstendes anuladoyou (pl.) have annulled
vocêstêm anuladoyou (pl.) have annulled
eles/elastêm anuladothey have annulled

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 anuladoI had annulled
tutinhas anuladoyou had annulled
vocêtinha anuladoyou had annulled
ele/elatinha anuladohe/she/it had annulled
nóstínhamos anuladowe had annulled
vóstínheis anuladoyou (pl.) had annulled
vocêstinham anuladoyou (pl.) had annulled
eles/elastinham anuladothey had annulled

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

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 anuladoI will have annulled
tuterás anuladoyou will have annulled
vocêterá anuladoyou will have annulled
ele/elaterá anuladohe/she/it will have annulled
nósteremos anuladowe will have annulled
vóstereis anuladoyou (pl.) will have annulled
vocêsterão anuladoyou (pl.) will have annulled
eles/elasterão anuladothey will have annulled

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
euanule
tuanules
vocêanule
ele/elaanule
nósanulemos
vósanuleis
vocêsanulem
eles/elasanulem

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
euanulasse
tuanulasses
vocêanulasse
ele/elaanulasse
nósanulássemos
vósanulásseis
vocêsanulassem
eles/elasanulassem

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
tuanula
vocêanule
ele/elaanule
nósanulemos
vósanulai
vocêsanulem
eles/elasanulem

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 anules
vocênão anule
ele/elanão anule
nósnão anulemos
vósnão anuleis
vocêsnão anulem
eles/elasnão anulem