aumentar — Portuguese conjugation

to increase

Frequency#99Regular

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
euaumentoI increase
tuaumentasyou increase
vocêaumentayou increase
ele/elaaumentahe/she/it increases
nósaumentamoswe increase
vósaumentaisyou (pl.) increase
vocêsaumentamyou (pl.) increase
eles/elasaumentamthey increase

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
euaumenteiI increased
tuaumentasteyou increased
vocêaumentouyou increased
ele/elaaumentouhe/she/it increased
nósaumentamoswe increased
vósaumentastesyou (pl.) increased
vocêsaumentaramyou (pl.) increased
eles/elasaumentaramthey increased

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
euaumentava
tuaumentavas
vocêaumentava
ele/elaaumentava
nósaumentávamos
vósaumentáveis
vocêsaumentavam
eles/elasaumentavam

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
euaumentariaI would increase
tuaumentariasyou would increase
vocêaumentariayou would increase
ele/elaaumentariahe/she/it would increase
nósaumentaríamoswe would increase
vósaumentaríeisyou (pl.) would increase
vocêsaumentariamyou (pl.) would increase
eles/elasaumentariamthey would increase

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
euaumentareiI will increase
tuaumentarásyou will increase
vocêaumentaráyou will increase
ele/elaaumentaráhe/she/it will increase
nósaumentaremoswe will increase
vósaumentareisyou (pl.) will increase
vocêsaumentarãoyou (pl.) will increase
eles/elasaumentarãothey will increase

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 aumentadoI have increased
tutens aumentadoyou have increased
vocêtem aumentadoyou have increased
ele/elatem aumentadohe/she/it has increased
nóstemos aumentadowe have increased
vóstendes aumentadoyou (pl.) have increased
vocêstêm aumentadoyou (pl.) have increased
eles/elastêm aumentadothey have increased

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 aumentadoI had increased
tutinhas aumentadoyou had increased
vocêtinha aumentadoyou had increased
ele/elatinha aumentadohe/she/it had increased
nóstínhamos aumentadowe had increased
vóstínheis aumentadoyou (pl.) had increased
vocêstinham aumentadoyou (pl.) had increased
eles/elastinham aumentadothey had increased

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

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 aumentadoI will have increased
tuterás aumentadoyou will have increased
vocêterá aumentadoyou will have increased
ele/elaterá aumentadohe/she/it will have increased
nósteremos aumentadowe will have increased
vóstereis aumentadoyou (pl.) will have increased
vocêsterão aumentadoyou (pl.) will have increased
eles/elasterão aumentadothey will have increased

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
euaumente
tuaumentes
vocêaumente
ele/elaaumente
nósaumentemos
vósaumenteis
vocêsaumentem
eles/elasaumentem

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
euaumentasse
tuaumentasses
vocêaumentasse
ele/elaaumentasse
nósaumentássemos
vósaumentásseis
vocêsaumentassem
eles/elasaumentassem

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
tuaumenta
vocêaumente
ele/elaaumente
nósaumentemos
vósaumentai
vocêsaumentem
eles/elasaumentem

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 aumentes
vocênão aumente
ele/elanão aumente
nósnão aumentemos
vósnão aumenteis
vocêsnão aumentem
eles/elasnão aumentem