checar — Portuguese conjugation

to check (inspect, examine)

Frequency#331Regular

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
euchecoI check
tuchecasyou check
vocêchecayou check
ele/elachecahe/she/it checks
nóschecamoswe check
vóschecaisyou (pl.) check
vocêschecamyou (pl.) check
eles/elaschecamthey check

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
euchequeiI checked
tuchecasteyou checked
vocêchecouyou checked
ele/elachecouhe/she/it checked
nóschecamoswe checked
vóschecastesyou (pl.) checked
vocêschecaramyou (pl.) checked
eles/elaschecaramthey checked

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
euchecava
tuchecavas
vocêchecava
ele/elachecava
nóschecávamos
vóschecáveis
vocêschecavam
eles/elaschecavam

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
euchecariaI would check
tuchecariasyou would check
vocêchecariayou would check
ele/elachecariahe/she/it would check
nóschecaríamoswe would check
vóschecaríeisyou (pl.) would check
vocêschecariamyou (pl.) would check
eles/elaschecariamthey would check

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
euchecareiI will check
tuchecarásyou will check
vocêchecaráyou will check
ele/elachecaráhe/she/it will check
nóschecaremoswe will check
vóschecareisyou (pl.) will check
vocêschecarãoyou (pl.) will check
eles/elaschecarãothey will check

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 checadoI have checked
tutens checadoyou have checked
vocêtem checadoyou have checked
ele/elatem checadohe/she/it has checked
nóstemos checadowe have checked
vóstendes checadoyou (pl.) have checked
vocêstêm checadoyou (pl.) have checked
eles/elastêm checadothey have checked

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 checadoI had checked
tutinhas checadoyou had checked
vocêtinha checadoyou had checked
ele/elatinha checadohe/she/it had checked
nóstínhamos checadowe had checked
vóstínheis checadoyou (pl.) had checked
vocêstinham checadoyou (pl.) had checked
eles/elastinham checadothey had checked

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

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 checadoI will have checked
tuterás checadoyou will have checked
vocêterá checadoyou will have checked
ele/elaterá checadohe/she/it will have checked
nósteremos checadowe will have checked
vóstereis checadoyou (pl.) will have checked
vocêsterão checadoyou (pl.) will have checked
eles/elasterão checadothey will have checked

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
eucheque
tucheques
vocêcheque
ele/elacheque
nóschequemos
vóschequeis
vocêschequem
eles/elaschequem

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
euchecasse
tuchecasses
vocêchecasse
ele/elachecasse
nóschecássemos
vóschecásseis
vocêschecassem
eles/elaschecassem

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
tucheca
vocêcheque
ele/elacheque
nóschequemos
vóschecai
vocêschequem
eles/elaschequem

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 cheques
vocênão cheque
ele/elanão cheque
nósnão chequemos
vósnão chequeis
vocêsnão chequem
eles/elasnão chequem