beijar — Portuguese conjugation

to kiss

Frequency#187Irregular

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
eubeijoI kiss
tubeijasyou kiss
vocêbeijayou kiss
ele/elabeijahe/she/it kisses
nósbeijamoswe kiss
vósbeijaisyou (pl.) kiss
vocêsbeijamyou (pl.) kiss
eles/elasbeijamthey kiss

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
eubeijeiI kissed
tubeijasteyou kissed
vocêbeijouyou kissed
ele/elabeijouhe/she/it kissed
nósbeijamoswe kissed
vósbeijastesyou (pl.) kissed
vocêsbeijaramyou (pl.) kissed
eles/elasbeijaramthey kissed

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
eubeijava
tubeijavas
vocêbeijava
ele/elabeijava
nósbeijávamos
vósbeijáveis
vocêsbeijavam
eles/elasbeijavam

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
eubeijariaI would kiss
tubeijariasyou would kiss
vocêbeijariayou would kiss
ele/elabeijariahe/she/it would kiss
nósbeijaríamoswe would kiss
vósbeijaríeisyou (pl.) would kiss
vocêsbeijariamyou (pl.) would kiss
eles/elasbeijariamthey would kiss

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
eubeijareiI will kiss
tubeijarásyou will kiss
vocêbeijaráyou will kiss
ele/elabeijaráhe/she/it will kiss
nósbeijaremoswe will kiss
vósbeijareisyou (pl.) will kiss
vocêsbeijarãoyou (pl.) will kiss
eles/elasbeijarãothey will kiss

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 beijadoI have kissed
tutens beijadoyou have kissed
vocêtem beijadoyou have kissed
ele/elatem beijadohe/she/it has kissed
nóstemos beijadowe have kissed
vóstendes beijadoyou (pl.) have kissed
vocêstêm beijadoyou (pl.) have kissed
eles/elastêm beijadothey have kissed

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 beijadoI had kissed
tutinhas beijadoyou had kissed
vocêtinha beijadoyou had kissed
ele/elatinha beijadohe/she/it had kissed
nóstínhamos beijadowe had kissed
vóstínheis beijadoyou (pl.) had kissed
vocêstinham beijadoyou (pl.) had kissed
eles/elastinham beijadothey had kissed

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

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 beijadoI will have kissed
tuterás beijadoyou will have kissed
vocêterá beijadoyou will have kissed
ele/elaterá beijadohe/she/it will have kissed
nósteremos beijadowe will have kissed
vóstereis beijadoyou (pl.) will have kissed
vocêsterão beijadoyou (pl.) will have kissed
eles/elasterão beijadothey will have kissed

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
eubeije
tubeijes
vocêbeije
ele/elabeije
nósbeijemos
vósbeijeis
vocêsbeijem
eles/elasbeijem

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
eubeijasse
tubeijasses
vocêbeijasse
ele/elabeijasse
nósbeijássemos
vósbeijásseis
vocêsbeijassem
eles/elasbeijassem

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
tubeija
vocêbeije
ele/elabeije
nósbeijemos
vósbeijai
vocêsbeijem
eles/elasbeijem

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 beijes
vocênão beije
ele/elanão beije
nósnão beijemos
vósnão beijeis
vocêsnão beijem
eles/elasnão beijem