concentrar — Portuguese conjugation
to concentrate
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | concentro | I concentrate |
| tu | concentras | you concentrate |
| você | concentra | you concentrate |
| ele/ela | concentra | he/she/it concentrates |
| nós | concentramos | we concentrate |
| vós | concentrais | you (pl.) concentrate |
| vocês | concentram | you (pl.) concentrate |
| eles/elas | concentram | they concentrate |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | concentrei | I concentrated |
| tu | concentraste | you concentrated |
| você | concentrou | you concentrated |
| ele/ela | concentrou | he/she/it concentrated |
| nós | concentramos | we concentrated |
| vós | concentrastes | you (pl.) concentrated |
| vocês | concentraram | you (pl.) concentrated |
| eles/elas | concentraram | they concentrated |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | concentrava |
| tu | concentravas |
| você | concentrava |
| ele/ela | concentrava |
| nós | concentrávamos |
| vós | concentráveis |
| vocês | concentravam |
| eles/elas | concentravam |
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?
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | concentraria | I would concentrate |
| tu | concentrarias | you would concentrate |
| você | concentraria | you would concentrate |
| ele/ela | concentraria | he/she/it would concentrate |
| nós | concentraríamos | we would concentrate |
| vós | concentraríeis | you (pl.) would concentrate |
| vocês | concentrariam | you (pl.) would concentrate |
| eles/elas | concentrariam | they would concentrate |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | concentrarei | I will concentrate |
| tu | concentrarás | you will concentrate |
| você | concentrará | you will concentrate |
| ele/ela | concentrará | he/she/it will concentrate |
| nós | concentraremos | we will concentrate |
| vós | concentrareis | you (pl.) will concentrate |
| vocês | concentrarão | you (pl.) will concentrate |
| eles/elas | concentrarão | they will concentrate |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tenho concentrado | I have concentrated |
| tu | tens concentrado | you have concentrated |
| você | tem concentrado | you have concentrated |
| ele/ela | tem concentrado | he/she/it has concentrated |
| nós | temos concentrado | we have concentrated |
| vós | tendes concentrado | you (pl.) have concentrated |
| vocês | têm concentrado | you (pl.) have concentrated |
| eles/elas | têm concentrado | they have concentrated |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tinha concentrado | I had concentrated |
| tu | tinhas concentrado | you had concentrated |
| você | tinha concentrado | you had concentrated |
| ele/ela | tinha concentrado | he/she/it had concentrated |
| nós | tínhamos concentrado | we had concentrated |
| vós | tínheis concentrado | you (pl.) had concentrated |
| vocês | tinham concentrado | you (pl.) had concentrated |
| eles/elas | tinham concentrado | they had concentrated |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | teria concentrado |
| tu | terias concentrado |
| você | teria concentrado |
| ele/ela | teria concentrado |
| nós | teríamos concentrado |
| vós | teríeis concentrado |
| vocês | teriam concentrado |
| eles/elas | teriam concentrado |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | terei concentrado | I will have concentrated |
| tu | terás concentrado | you will have concentrated |
| você | terá concentrado | you will have concentrated |
| ele/ela | terá concentrado | he/she/it will have concentrated |
| nós | teremos concentrado | we will have concentrated |
| vós | tereis concentrado | you (pl.) will have concentrated |
| vocês | terão concentrado | you (pl.) will have concentrated |
| eles/elas | terão concentrado | they will have concentrated |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | concentre |
| tu | concentres |
| você | concentre |
| ele/ela | concentre |
| nós | concentremos |
| vós | concentreis |
| vocês | concentrem |
| eles/elas | concentrem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | concentrasse |
| tu | concentrasses |
| você | concentrasse |
| ele/ela | concentrasse |
| nós | concentrássemos |
| vós | concentrásseis |
| vocês | concentrassem |
| eles/elas | concentrassem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | concentra |
| você | concentre |
| ele/ela | concentre |
| nós | concentremos |
| vós | concentrai |
| vocês | concentrem |
| eles/elas | concentrem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | não concentres |
| você | não concentre |
| ele/ela | não concentre |
| nós | não concentremos |
| vós | não concentreis |
| vocês | não concentrem |
| eles/elas | não concentrem |