aterrar — Portuguese conjugation

to land

Frequency#922Regular

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
euaterroI land
tuaterrasyou land
vocêaterrayou land
ele/elaaterrahe/she/it lands
nósaterramoswe land
vósaterraisyou (pl.) land
vocêsaterramyou (pl.) land
eles/elasaterramthey land

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
euaterreiI landed
tuaterrasteyou landed
vocêaterrouyou landed
ele/elaaterrouhe/she/it landed
nósaterramoswe landed
vósaterrastesyou (pl.) landed
vocêsaterraramyou (pl.) landed
eles/elasaterraramthey landed

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
euaterrava
tuaterravas
vocêaterrava
ele/elaaterrava
nósaterrávamos
vósaterráveis
vocêsaterravam
eles/elasaterravam

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
euaterrariaI would land
tuaterrariasyou would land
vocêaterrariayou would land
ele/elaaterrariahe/she/it would land
nósaterraríamoswe would land
vósaterraríeisyou (pl.) would land
vocêsaterrariamyou (pl.) would land
eles/elasaterrariamthey would land

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
euaterrareiI will land
tuaterrarásyou will land
vocêaterraráyou will land
ele/elaaterraráhe/she/it will land
nósaterraremoswe will land
vósaterrareisyou (pl.) will land
vocêsaterrarãoyou (pl.) will land
eles/elasaterrarãothey will land

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 aterradoI have landed
tutens aterradoyou have landed
vocêtem aterradoyou have landed
ele/elatem aterradohe/she/it has landed
nóstemos aterradowe have landed
vóstendes aterradoyou (pl.) have landed
vocêstêm aterradoyou (pl.) have landed
eles/elastêm aterradothey have landed

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 aterradoI had landed
tutinhas aterradoyou had landed
vocêtinha aterradoyou had landed
ele/elatinha aterradohe/she/it had landed
nóstínhamos aterradowe had landed
vóstínheis aterradoyou (pl.) had landed
vocêstinham aterradoyou (pl.) had landed
eles/elastinham aterradothey had landed

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

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 aterradoI will have landed
tuterás aterradoyou will have landed
vocêterá aterradoyou will have landed
ele/elaterá aterradohe/she/it will have landed
nósteremos aterradowe will have landed
vóstereis aterradoyou (pl.) will have landed
vocêsterão aterradoyou (pl.) will have landed
eles/elasterão aterradothey will have landed

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
euaterre
tuaterres
vocêaterre
ele/elaaterre
nósaterremos
vósaterreis
vocêsaterrem
eles/elasaterrem

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
euaterrasse
tuaterrasses
vocêaterrasse
ele/elaaterrasse
nósaterrássemos
vósaterrásseis
vocêsaterrassem
eles/elasaterrassem

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
tuaterra
vocêaterre
ele/elaaterre
nósaterremos
vósaterrai
vocêsaterrem
eles/elasaterrem

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 aterres
vocênão aterre
ele/elanão aterre
nósnão aterremos
vósnão aterreis
vocêsnão aterrem
eles/elasnão aterrem