beber — Portuguese conjugation

to drink

Frequency#123Regular

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
eubeboI drink
tubebesyou drink
vocêbebeyou drink
ele/elabebehe/she/it drinks
nósbebemoswe drink
vósbebeisyou (pl.) drink
vocêsbebemyou (pl.) drink
eles/elasbebemthey drink

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
eubebiI drank
tubebesteyou drank
vocêbebeuyou drank
ele/elabebeuhe/she/it drank
nósbebemoswe drank
vósbebestesyou (pl.) drank
vocêsbeberamyou (pl.) drank
eles/elasbeberamthey drank

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
eubebia
tubebias
vocêbebia
ele/elabebia
nósbebíamos
vósbebíeis
vocêsbebiam
eles/elasbebiam

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
eubeberiaI would drink
tubeberiasyou would drink
vocêbeberiayou would drink
ele/elabeberiahe/she/it would drink
nósbeberíamoswe would drink
vósbeberíeisyou (pl.) would drink
vocêsbeberiamyou (pl.) would drink
eles/elasbeberiamthey would drink

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
eubebereiI will drink
tubeberásyou will drink
vocêbeberáyou will drink
ele/elabeberáhe/she/it will drink
nósbeberemoswe will drink
vósbebereisyou (pl.) will drink
vocêsbeberãoyou (pl.) will drink
eles/elasbeberãothey will drink

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 bebidoI have drunk
tutens bebidoyou have drunk
vocêtem bebidoyou have drunk
ele/elatem bebidohe/she/it has drunk
nóstemos bebidowe have drunk
vóstendes bebidoyou (pl.) have drunk
vocêstêm bebidoyou (pl.) have drunk
eles/elastêm bebidothey have drunk

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 bebidoI had drunk
tutinhas bebidoyou had drunk
vocêtinha bebidoyou had drunk
ele/elatinha bebidohe/she/it had drunk
nóstínhamos bebidowe had drunk
vóstínheis bebidoyou (pl.) had drunk
vocêstinham bebidoyou (pl.) had drunk
eles/elastinham bebidothey had drunk

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

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 bebidoI will have drunk
tuterás bebidoyou will have drunk
vocêterá bebidoyou will have drunk
ele/elaterá bebidohe/she/it will have drunk
nósteremos bebidowe will have drunk
vóstereis bebidoyou (pl.) will have drunk
vocêsterão bebidoyou (pl.) will have drunk
eles/elasterão bebidothey will have drunk

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
eubeba
tubebas
vocêbeba
ele/elabeba
nósbebamos
vósbebais
vocêsbebam
eles/elasbebam

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
eubebesse
tubebesses
vocêbebesse
ele/elabebesse
nósbebêssemos
vósbebêsseis
vocêsbebessem
eles/elasbebessem

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
tubebe
vocêbeba
ele/elabeba
nósbebamos
vósbebei
vocêsbebam
eles/elasbebam

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 bebas
vocênão beba
ele/elanão beba
nósnão bebamos
vósnão bebais
vocêsnão bebam
eles/elasnão bebam