condenar — Portuguese conjugation

to condemn

Frequency#401Irregular

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
eucondenoI condemn
tucondenasyou condemn
vocêcondenayou condemn
ele/elacondenahe/she/it condemns
nóscondenamoswe condemn
vóscondenaisyou (pl.) condemn
vocêscondenamyou (pl.) condemn
eles/elascondenamthey condemn

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
eucondeneiI condemned
tucondenasteyou condemned
vocêcondenouyou condemned
ele/elacondenouhe/she/it condemned
nóscondenamoswe condemned
vóscondenastesyou (pl.) condemned
vocêscondenaramyou (pl.) condemned
eles/elascondenaramthey condemned

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
eucondenava
tucondenavas
vocêcondenava
ele/elacondenava
nóscondenávamos
vóscondenáveis
vocêscondenavam
eles/elascondenavam

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
eucondenariaI would condemn
tucondenariasyou would condemn
vocêcondenariayou would condemn
ele/elacondenariahe/she/it would condemn
nóscondenaríamoswe would condemn
vóscondenaríeisyou (pl.) would condemn
vocêscondenariamyou (pl.) would condemn
eles/elascondenariamthey would condemn

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
eucondenareiI will condemn
tucondenarásyou will condemn
vocêcondenaráyou will condemn
ele/elacondenaráhe/she/it will condemn
nóscondenaremoswe will condemn
vóscondenareisyou (pl.) will condemn
vocêscondenarãoyou (pl.) will condemn
eles/elascondenarãothey will condemn

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 condenadoI have condemned
tutens condenadoyou have condemned
vocêtem condenadoyou have condemned
ele/elatem condenadohe/she/it has condemned
nóstemos condenadowe have condemned
vóstendes condenadoyou (pl.) have condemned
vocêstêm condenadoyou (pl.) have condemned
eles/elastêm condenadothey have condemned

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 condenadoI had condemned
tutinhas condenadoyou had condemned
vocêtinha condenadoyou had condemned
ele/elatinha condenadohe/she/it had condemned
nóstínhamos condenadowe had condemned
vóstínheis condenadoyou (pl.) had condemned
vocêstinham condenadoyou (pl.) had condemned
eles/elastinham condenadothey had condemned

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

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 condenadoI will have condemned
tuterás condenadoyou will have condemned
vocêterá condenadoyou will have condemned
ele/elaterá condenadohe/she/it will have condemned
nósteremos condenadowe will have condemned
vóstereis condenadoyou (pl.) will have condemned
vocêsterão condenadoyou (pl.) will have condemned
eles/elasterão condenadothey will have condemned

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
eucondene
tucondenes
vocêcondene
ele/elacondene
nóscondenemos
vóscondeneis
vocêscondenem
eles/elascondenem

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
eucondenasse
tucondenasses
vocêcondenasse
ele/elacondenasse
nóscondenássemos
vóscondenásseis
vocêscondenassem
eles/elascondenassem

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
tucondena
vocêcondene
ele/elacondene
nóscondenemos
vóscondenai
vocêscondenem
eles/elascondenem

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 condenes
vocênão condene
ele/elanão condene
nósnão condenemos
vósnão condeneis
vocêsnão condenem
eles/elasnão condenem