atrapalhar — Portuguese conjugation

to hinder

Frequency#741Regular

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
euatrapalhoI hinder
tuatrapalhasyou hinder
vocêatrapalhayou hinder
ele/elaatrapalhahe/she/it hinders
nósatrapalhamoswe hinder
vósatrapalhaisyou (pl.) hinder
vocêsatrapalhamyou (pl.) hinder
eles/elasatrapalhamthey hinder

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
euatrapalheiI hindered
tuatrapalhasteyou hindered
vocêatrapalhouyou hindered
ele/elaatrapalhouhe/she/it hindered
nósatrapalhamoswe hindered
vósatrapalhastesyou (pl.) hindered
vocêsatrapalharamyou (pl.) hindered
eles/elasatrapalharamthey hindered

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
euatrapalhava
tuatrapalhavas
vocêatrapalhava
ele/elaatrapalhava
nósatrapalhávamos
vósatrapalháveis
vocêsatrapalhavam
eles/elasatrapalhavam

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
euatrapalhariaI would hinder
tuatrapalhariasyou would hinder
vocêatrapalhariayou would hinder
ele/elaatrapalhariahe/she/it would hinder
nósatrapalharíamoswe would hinder
vósatrapalharíeisyou (pl.) would hinder
vocêsatrapalhariamyou (pl.) would hinder
eles/elasatrapalhariamthey would hinder

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
euatrapalhareiI will hinder
tuatrapalharásyou will hinder
vocêatrapalharáyou will hinder
ele/elaatrapalharáhe/she/it will hinder
nósatrapalharemoswe will hinder
vósatrapalhareisyou (pl.) will hinder
vocêsatrapalharãoyou (pl.) will hinder
eles/elasatrapalharãothey will hinder

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 atrapalhadoI have hindered
tutens atrapalhadoyou have hindered
vocêtem atrapalhadoyou have hindered
ele/elatem atrapalhadohe/she/it has hindered
nóstemos atrapalhadowe have hindered
vóstendes atrapalhadoyou (pl.) have hindered
vocêstêm atrapalhadoyou (pl.) have hindered
eles/elastêm atrapalhadothey have hindered

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 atrapalhadoI had hindered
tutinhas atrapalhadoyou had hindered
vocêtinha atrapalhadoyou had hindered
ele/elatinha atrapalhadohe/she/it had hindered
nóstínhamos atrapalhadowe had hindered
vóstínheis atrapalhadoyou (pl.) had hindered
vocêstinham atrapalhadoyou (pl.) had hindered
eles/elastinham atrapalhadothey had hindered

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

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 atrapalhadoI will have hindered
tuterás atrapalhadoyou will have hindered
vocêterá atrapalhadoyou will have hindered
ele/elaterá atrapalhadohe/she/it will have hindered
nósteremos atrapalhadowe will have hindered
vóstereis atrapalhadoyou (pl.) will have hindered
vocêsterão atrapalhadoyou (pl.) will have hindered
eles/elasterão atrapalhadothey will have hindered

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
euatrapalhe
tuatrapalhes
vocêatrapalhe
ele/elaatrapalhe
nósatrapalhemos
vósatrapalheis
vocêsatrapalhem
eles/elasatrapalhem

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
euatrapalhasse
tuatrapalhasses
vocêatrapalhasse
ele/elaatrapalhasse
nósatrapalhássemos
vósatrapalhásseis
vocêsatrapalhassem
eles/elasatrapalhassem

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
tuatrapalha
vocêatrapalhe
ele/elaatrapalhe
nósatrapalhemos
vósatrapalhai
vocêsatrapalhem
eles/elasatrapalhem

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 atrapalhes
vocênão atrapalhe
ele/elanão atrapalhe
nósnão atrapalhemos
vósnão atrapalheis
vocêsnão atrapalhem
eles/elasnão atrapalhem