bater — Portuguese conjugation

to hit

Frequency#392Regular

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
eubatoI hit
tubatesyou hit
vocêbateyou hit
ele/elabatehe/she/it hits
nósbatemoswe hit
vósbateisyou (pl.) hit
vocêsbatemyou (pl.) hit
eles/elasbatemthey hit

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
eubatiI hit
tubatesteyou hit
vocêbateuyou hit
ele/elabateuhe/she/it hit
nósbatemoswe hit
vósbatestesyou (pl.) hit
vocêsbateramyou (pl.) hit
eles/elasbateramthey hit

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
eubatia
tubatias
vocêbatia
ele/elabatia
nósbatíamos
vósbatíeis
vocêsbatiam
eles/elasbatiam

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
eubateriaI would hit
tubateriasyou would hit
vocêbateriayou would hit
ele/elabateriahe/she/it would hit
nósbateríamoswe would hit
vósbateríeisyou (pl.) would hit
vocêsbateriamyou (pl.) would hit
eles/elasbateriamthey would hit

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
eubatereiI will hit
tubaterásyou will hit
vocêbateráyou will hit
ele/elabateráhe/she/it will hit
nósbateremoswe will hit
vósbatereisyou (pl.) will hit
vocêsbaterãoyou (pl.) will hit
eles/elasbaterãothey will hit

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 batidoI have hit
tutens batidoyou have hit
vocêtem batidoyou have hit
ele/elatem batidohe/she/it has hit
nóstemos batidowe have hit
vóstendes batidoyou (pl.) have hit
vocêstêm batidoyou (pl.) have hit
eles/elastêm batidothey have hit

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 batidoI had hit
tutinhas batidoyou had hit
vocêtinha batidoyou had hit
ele/elatinha batidohe/she/it had hit
nóstínhamos batidowe had hit
vóstínheis batidoyou (pl.) had hit
vocêstinham batidoyou (pl.) had hit
eles/elastinham batidothey had hit

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

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 batidoI will have hit
tuterás batidoyou will have hit
vocêterá batidoyou will have hit
ele/elaterá batidohe/she/it will have hit
nósteremos batidowe will have hit
vóstereis batidoyou (pl.) will have hit
vocêsterão batidoyou (pl.) will have hit
eles/elasterão batidothey will have hit

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
eubata
tubatas
vocêbata
ele/elabata
nósbatamos
vósbatais
vocêsbatam
eles/elasbatam

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
eubatesse
tubatesses
vocêbatesse
ele/elabatesse
nósbatêssemos
vósbatêsseis
vocêsbatessem
eles/elasbatessem

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
tubate
vocêbata
ele/elabata
nósbatamos
vósbatei
vocêsbatam
eles/elasbatam

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 batas
vocênão bata
ele/elanão bata
nósnão batamos
vósnão batais
vocêsnão batam
eles/elasnão batam