compostar — Portuguese conjugation

to compost

Frequency#785Irregular

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
eucompostoI compost
tucompostasyou compost
vocêcompostayou compost
ele/elacompostahe/she/it composts
nóscompostamoswe compost
vóscompostaisyou (pl.) compost
vocêscompostamyou (pl.) compost
eles/elascompostamthey compost

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
eucomposteiI composted
tucompostasteyou composted
vocêcompostouyou composted
ele/elacompostouhe/she/it composted
nóscompostamoswe composted
vóscompostastesyou (pl.) composted
vocêscompostaramyou (pl.) composted
eles/elascompostaramthey composted

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
eucompostava
tucompostavas
vocêcompostava
ele/elacompostava
nóscompostávamos
vóscompostáveis
vocêscompostavam
eles/elascompostavam

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
eucompostariaI would compost
tucompostariasyou would compost
vocêcompostariayou would compost
ele/elacompostariahe/she/it would compost
nóscompostaríamoswe would compost
vóscompostaríeisyou (pl.) would compost
vocêscompostariamyou (pl.) would compost
eles/elascompostariamthey would compost

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
eucompostareiI will compost
tucompostarásyou will compost
vocêcompostaráyou will compost
ele/elacompostaráhe/she/it will compost
nóscompostaremoswe will compost
vóscompostareisyou (pl.) will compost
vocêscompostarãoyou (pl.) will compost
eles/elascompostarãothey will compost

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 compostadoI have composted
tutens compostadoyou have composted
vocêtem compostadoyou have composted
ele/elatem compostadohe/she/it has composted
nóstemos compostadowe have composted
vóstendes compostadoyou (pl.) have composted
vocêstêm compostadoyou (pl.) have composted
eles/elastêm compostadothey have composted

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 compostadoI had composted
tutinhas compostadoyou had composted
vocêtinha compostadoyou had composted
ele/elatinha compostadohe/she/it had composted
nóstínhamos compostadowe had composted
vóstínheis compostadoyou (pl.) had composted
vocêstinham compostadoyou (pl.) had composted
eles/elastinham compostadothey had composted

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

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 compostadoI will have composted
tuterás compostadoyou will have composted
vocêterá compostadoyou will have composted
ele/elaterá compostadohe/she/it will have composted
nósteremos compostadowe will have composted
vóstereis compostadoyou (pl.) will have composted
vocêsterão compostadoyou (pl.) will have composted
eles/elasterão compostadothey will have composted

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
eucomposte
tucompostes
vocêcomposte
ele/elacomposte
nóscompostemos
vóscomposteis
vocêscompostem
eles/elascompostem

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
eucompostasse
tucompostasses
vocêcompostasse
ele/elacompostasse
nóscompostássemos
vóscompostásseis
vocêscompostassem
eles/elascompostassem

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
tucomposta
vocêcomposte
ele/elacomposte
nóscompostemos
vóscompostai
vocêscompostem
eles/elascompostem

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 compostes
vocênão composte
ele/elanão composte
nósnão compostemos
vósnão composteis
vocêsnão compostem
eles/elasnão compostem