concluir — Portuguese conjugation

to conclude

Frequency#420Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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
euconcluoI conclude
tuconcluisyou conclude
vocêconcluiyou conclude
ele/elaconcluihe/she/it concludes
nósconcluímoswe conclude
vósconcluísyou (pl.) conclude
vocêsconcluemyou (pl.) conclude
eles/elasconcluemthey conclude

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
euconcluíI concluded
tuconcluísteyou concluded
vocêconcluiuyou concluded
ele/elaconcluiuhe/she/it concluded
nósconcluímoswe concluded
vósconcluístesyou (pl.) concluded
vocêsconcluíramyou (pl.) concluded
eles/elasconcluíramthey concluded

Imperfect (Pretérito imperfeito) Irregular

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
euconcluía
tuconcluías
vocêconcluía
ele/elaconcluía
nósconcluíamos
vósconcluíeis
vocêsconcluíam
eles/elasconcluíam

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
euconcluiriaI would conclude
tuconcluiriasyou would conclude
vocêconcluiriayou would conclude
ele/elaconcluiriahe/she/it would conclude
nósconcluiríamoswe would conclude
vósconcluiríeisyou (pl.) would conclude
vocêsconcluiriamyou (pl.) would conclude
eles/elasconcluiriamthey would conclude

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
euconcluireiI will conclude
tuconcluirásyou will conclude
vocêconcluiráyou will conclude
ele/elaconcluiráhe/she/it will conclude
nósconcluiremoswe will conclude
vósconcluireisyou (pl.) will conclude
vocêsconcluirãoyou (pl.) will conclude
eles/elasconcluirãothey will conclude

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 concluídoI have concluded
tutens concluídoyou have concluded
vocêtem concluídoyou have concluded
ele/elatem concluídohe/she/it has concluded
nóstemos concluídowe have concluded
vóstendes concluídoyou (pl.) have concluded
vocêstêm concluídoyou (pl.) have concluded
eles/elastêm concluídothey have concluded

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 concluídoI had concluded
tutinhas concluídoyou had concluded
vocêtinha concluídoyou had concluded
ele/elatinha concluídohe/she/it had concluded
nóstínhamos concluídowe had concluded
vóstínheis concluídoyou (pl.) had concluded
vocêstinham concluídoyou (pl.) had concluded
eles/elastinham concluídothey had concluded

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

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 concluídoI will have concluded
tuterás concluídoyou will have concluded
vocêterá concluídoyou will have concluded
ele/elaterá concluídohe/she/it will have concluded
nósteremos concluídowe will have concluded
vóstereis concluídoyou (pl.) will have concluded
vocêsterão concluídoyou (pl.) will have concluded
eles/elasterão concluídothey will have concluded

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
euconclua
tuconcluas
vocêconclua
ele/elaconclua
nósconcluamos
vósconcluais
vocêsconcluam
eles/elasconcluam

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
euconcluísse
tuconcluísses
vocêconcluísse
ele/elaconcluísse
nósconcluíssemos
vósconcluísseis
vocêsconcluíssem
eles/elasconcluíssem

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
tuconclui
vocêconclua
ele/elaconclua
nósconcluamos
vósconcluí
vocêsconcluam
eles/elasconcluam

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 concluas
vocênão conclua
ele/elanão conclua
nósnão concluamos
vósnão concluais
vocêsnão concluam
eles/elasnão concluam