bombardear — Portuguese conjugation

to bombard

Frequency#396Regular

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
eubombardeioI bombard
tubombardeiasyou bombard
vocêbombardeiayou bombard
ele/elabombardeiahe/she/it bombards
nósbombardeamoswe bombard
vósbombardeaisyou (pl.) bombard
vocêsbombardeiamyou (pl.) bombard
eles/elasbombardeiamthey bombard

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
eubombardeeiI bombarded
tubombardeasteyou bombarded
vocêbombardeouyou bombarded
ele/elabombardeouhe/she/it bombarded
nósbombardeamoswe bombarded
vósbombardeastesyou (pl.) bombarded
vocêsbombardearamyou (pl.) bombarded
eles/elasbombardearamthey bombarded

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
eubombardeava
tubombardeavas
vocêbombardeava
ele/elabombardeava
nósbombardeávamos
vósbombardeáveis
vocêsbombardeavam
eles/elasbombardeavam

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
eubombardeariaI would bombard
tubombardeariasyou would bombard
vocêbombardeariayou would bombard
ele/elabombardeariahe/she/it would bombard
nósbombardearíamoswe would bombard
vósbombardearíeisyou (pl.) would bombard
vocêsbombardeariamyou (pl.) would bombard
eles/elasbombardeariamthey would bombard

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
eubombardeareiI will bombard
tubombardearásyou will bombard
vocêbombardearáyou will bombard
ele/elabombardearáhe/she/it will bombard
nósbombardearemoswe will bombard
vósbombardeareisyou (pl.) will bombard
vocêsbombardearãoyou (pl.) will bombard
eles/elasbombardearãothey will bombard

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 bombardeadoI have bombarded
tutens bombardeadoyou have bombarded
vocêtem bombardeadoyou have bombarded
ele/elatem bombardeadohe/she/it has bombarded
nóstemos bombardeadowe have bombarded
vóstendes bombardeadoyou (pl.) have bombarded
vocêstêm bombardeadoyou (pl.) have bombarded
eles/elastêm bombardeadothey have bombarded

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 bombardeadoI had bombarded
tutinhas bombardeadoyou had bombarded
vocêtinha bombardeadoyou had bombarded
ele/elatinha bombardeadohe/she/it had bombarded
nóstínhamos bombardeadowe had bombarded
vóstínheis bombardeadoyou (pl.) had bombarded
vocêstinham bombardeadoyou (pl.) had bombarded
eles/elastinham bombardeadothey had bombarded

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

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 bombardeadoI will have bombarded
tuterás bombardeadoyou will have bombarded
vocêterá bombardeadoyou will have bombarded
ele/elaterá bombardeadohe/she/it will have bombarded
nósteremos bombardeadowe will have bombarded
vóstereis bombardeadoyou (pl.) will have bombarded
vocêsterão bombardeadoyou (pl.) will have bombarded
eles/elasterão bombardeadothey will have bombarded

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
eubombardeie
tubombardeies
vocêbombardeie
ele/elabombardeie
nósbombardeemos
vósbombardeeis
vocêsbombardeiem
eles/elasbombardeiem

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
eubombardeasse
tubombardeasses
vocêbombardeasse
ele/elabombardeasse
nósbombardeássemos
vósbombardeásseis
vocêsbombardeassem
eles/elasbombardeassem

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
tubombardeia
vocêbombardeie
ele/elabombardeie
nósbombardeemos
vósbombardeai
vocêsbombardeiem
eles/elasbombardeiem

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 bombardeies
vocênão bombardeie
ele/elanão bombardeie
nósnão bombardeemos
vósnão bombardeeis
vocêsnão bombardeiem
eles/elasnão bombardeiem