avaliar — Portuguese conjugation

to evaluate

Frequency#427IrregularReflexiveavaliar-se — to evaluate 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
euavalioI evaluate
tuavaliasyou evaluate
vocêavaliayou evaluate
ele/elaavaliahe/she/it evaluates
nósavaliamoswe evaluate
vósavaliaisyou (pl.) evaluate
vocêsavaliamyou (pl.) evaluate
eles/elasavaliamthey evaluate

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
euavalieiI evaluated
tuavaliasteyou evaluated
vocêavaliouyou evaluated
ele/elaavaliouhe/she/it evaluated
nósavaliamoswe evaluated
vósavaliastesyou (pl.) evaluated
vocêsavaliaramyou (pl.) evaluated
eles/elasavaliaramthey evaluated

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
euavaliava
tuavaliavas
vocêavaliava
ele/elaavaliava
nósavaliávamos
vósavaliáveis
vocêsavaliavam
eles/elasavaliavam

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
euavaliariaI would evaluate
tuavaliariasyou would evaluate
vocêavaliariayou would evaluate
ele/elaavaliariahe/she/it would evaluate
nósavaliaríamoswe would evaluate
vósavaliaríeisyou (pl.) would evaluate
vocêsavaliariamyou (pl.) would evaluate
eles/elasavaliariamthey would evaluate

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
euavaliareiI will evaluate
tuavaliarásyou will evaluate
vocêavaliaráyou will evaluate
ele/elaavaliaráhe/she/it will evaluate
nósavaliaremoswe will evaluate
vósavaliareisyou (pl.) will evaluate
vocêsavaliarãoyou (pl.) will evaluate
eles/elasavaliarãothey will evaluate

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 avaliadoI have evaluated
tutens avaliadoyou have evaluated
vocêtem avaliadoyou have evaluated
ele/elatem avaliadohe/she/it has evaluated
nóstemos avaliadowe have evaluated
vóstendes avaliadoyou (pl.) have evaluated
vocêstêm avaliadoyou (pl.) have evaluated
eles/elastêm avaliadothey have evaluated

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 avaliadoI had evaluated
tutinhas avaliadoyou had evaluated
vocêtinha avaliadoyou had evaluated
ele/elatinha avaliadohe/she/it had evaluated
nóstínhamos avaliadowe had evaluated
vóstínheis avaliadoyou (pl.) had evaluated
vocêstinham avaliadoyou (pl.) had evaluated
eles/elastinham avaliadothey had evaluated

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

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 avaliadoI will have evaluated
tuterás avaliadoyou will have evaluated
vocêterá avaliadoyou will have evaluated
ele/elaterá avaliadohe/she/it will have evaluated
nósteremos avaliadowe will have evaluated
vóstereis avaliadoyou (pl.) will have evaluated
vocêsterão avaliadoyou (pl.) will have evaluated
eles/elasterão avaliadothey will have evaluated

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
euavalie
tuavalies
vocêavalie
ele/elaavalie
nósavaliemos
vósavalieis
vocêsavaliem
eles/elasavaliem

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
euavaliasse
tuavaliasses
vocêavaliasse
ele/elaavaliasse
nósavaliássemos
vósavaliásseis
vocêsavaliassem
eles/elasavaliassem

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
tuavalia
vocêavalie
ele/elaavalie
nósavaliemos
vósavaliai
vocêsavaliem
eles/elasavaliem

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 avalies
vocênão avalie
ele/elanão avalie
nósnão avaliemos
vósnão avalieis
vocêsnão avaliem
eles/elasnão avaliem