candidatar — Portuguese conjugation

to apply

Frequency#432IrregularReflexivecandidatar-se — to apply 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
eucandidatoI apply
tucandidatasyou apply
vocêcandidatayou apply
ele/elacandidatahe/she/it applies
nóscandidatamoswe apply
vóscandidataisyou (pl.) apply
vocêscandidatamyou (pl.) apply
eles/elascandidatamthey apply

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
eucandidateiI applied
tucandidatasteyou applied
vocêcandidatouyou applied
ele/elacandidatouhe/she/it applied
nóscandidatamoswe applied
vóscandidatastesyou (pl.) applied
vocêscandidataramyou (pl.) applied
eles/elascandidataramthey applied

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
eucandidatava
tucandidatavas
vocêcandidatava
ele/elacandidatava
nóscandidatávamos
vóscandidatáveis
vocêscandidatavam
eles/elascandidatavam

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
eucandidatariaI would apply
tucandidatariasyou would apply
vocêcandidatariayou would apply
ele/elacandidatariahe/she/it would apply
nóscandidataríamoswe would apply
vóscandidataríeisyou (pl.) would apply
vocêscandidatariamyou (pl.) would apply
eles/elascandidatariamthey would apply

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
eucandidatareiI will apply
tucandidatarásyou will apply
vocêcandidataráyou will apply
ele/elacandidataráhe/she/it will apply
nóscandidataremoswe will apply
vóscandidatareisyou (pl.) will apply
vocêscandidatarãoyou (pl.) will apply
eles/elascandidatarãothey will apply

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 candidatadoI have applied
tutens candidatadoyou have applied
vocêtem candidatadoyou have applied
ele/elatem candidatadohe/she/it has applied
nóstemos candidatadowe have applied
vóstendes candidatadoyou (pl.) have applied
vocêstêm candidatadoyou (pl.) have applied
eles/elastêm candidatadothey have applied

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 candidatadoI had applied
tutinhas candidatadoyou had applied
vocêtinha candidatadoyou had applied
ele/elatinha candidatadohe/she/it had applied
nóstínhamos candidatadowe had applied
vóstínheis candidatadoyou (pl.) had applied
vocêstinham candidatadoyou (pl.) had applied
eles/elastinham candidatadothey had applied

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

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 candidatadoI will have applied
tuterás candidatadoyou will have applied
vocêterá candidatadoyou will have applied
ele/elaterá candidatadohe/she/it will have applied
nósteremos candidatadowe will have applied
vóstereis candidatadoyou (pl.) will have applied
vocêsterão candidatadoyou (pl.) will have applied
eles/elasterão candidatadothey will have applied

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
eucandidate
tucandidates
vocêcandidate
ele/elacandidate
nóscandidatemos
vóscandidateis
vocêscandidatem
eles/elascandidatem

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
eucandidatasse
tucandidatasses
vocêcandidatasse
ele/elacandidatasse
nóscandidatássemos
vóscandidatásseis
vocêscandidatassem
eles/elascandidatassem

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
tucandidata
vocêcandidate
ele/elacandidate
nóscandidatemos
vóscandidatai
vocêscandidatem
eles/elascandidatem

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 candidates
vocênão candidate
ele/elanão candidate
nósnão candidatemos
vósnão candidateis
vocêsnão candidatem
eles/elasnão candidatem