concretizar — Portuguese conjugation

to materialise

Frequency#932Regular

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
euconcretizoI materialize
tuconcretizasyou materialize
vocêconcretizayou materialize
ele/elaconcretizahe/she/it materializes
nósconcretizamoswe materialize
vósconcretizaisyou (pl.) materialize
vocêsconcretizamyou (pl.) materialize
eles/elasconcretizamthey materialize

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
euconcretizeiI materialized
tuconcretizasteyou materialized
vocêconcretizouyou materialized
ele/elaconcretizouhe/she/it materialized
nósconcretizamoswe materialized
vósconcretizastesyou (pl.) materialized
vocêsconcretizaramyou (pl.) materialized
eles/elasconcretizaramthey materialized

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
euconcretizava
tuconcretizavas
vocêconcretizava
ele/elaconcretizava
nósconcretizávamos
vósconcretizáveis
vocêsconcretizavam
eles/elasconcretizavam

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
euconcretizariaI would materialize
tuconcretizariasyou would materialize
vocêconcretizariayou would materialize
ele/elaconcretizariahe/she/it would materialize
nósconcretizaríamoswe would materialize
vósconcretizaríeisyou (pl.) would materialize
vocêsconcretizariamyou (pl.) would materialize
eles/elasconcretizariamthey would materialize

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
euconcretizareiI will materialize
tuconcretizarásyou will materialize
vocêconcretizaráyou will materialize
ele/elaconcretizaráhe/she/it will materialize
nósconcretizaremoswe will materialize
vósconcretizareisyou (pl.) will materialize
vocêsconcretizarãoyou (pl.) will materialize
eles/elasconcretizarãothey will materialize

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 concretizadoI have materialized
tutens concretizadoyou have materialized
vocêtem concretizadoyou have materialized
ele/elatem concretizadohe/she/it has materialized
nóstemos concretizadowe have materialized
vóstendes concretizadoyou (pl.) have materialized
vocêstêm concretizadoyou (pl.) have materialized
eles/elastêm concretizadothey have materialized

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 concretizadoI had materialized
tutinhas concretizadoyou had materialized
vocêtinha concretizadoyou had materialized
ele/elatinha concretizadohe/she/it had materialized
nóstínhamos concretizadowe had materialized
vóstínheis concretizadoyou (pl.) had materialized
vocêstinham concretizadoyou (pl.) had materialized
eles/elastinham concretizadothey had materialized

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

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 concretizadoI will have materialized
tuterás concretizadoyou will have materialized
vocêterá concretizadoyou will have materialized
ele/elaterá concretizadohe/she/it will have materialized
nósteremos concretizadowe will have materialized
vóstereis concretizadoyou (pl.) will have materialized
vocêsterão concretizadoyou (pl.) will have materialized
eles/elasterão concretizadothey will have materialized

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
euconcretize
tuconcretizes
vocêconcretize
ele/elaconcretize
nósconcretizemos
vósconcretizeis
vocêsconcretizem
eles/elasconcretizem

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
euconcretizasse
tuconcretizasses
vocêconcretizasse
ele/elaconcretizasse
nósconcretizássemos
vósconcretizásseis
vocêsconcretizassem
eles/elasconcretizassem

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
tuconcretiza
vocêconcretize
ele/elaconcretize
nósconcretizemos
vósconcretizai
vocêsconcretizem
eles/elasconcretizem

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 concretizes
vocênão concretize
ele/elanão concretize
nósnão concretizemos
vósnão concretizeis
vocêsnão concretizem
eles/elasnão concretizem