conferir — Portuguese conjugation

to check, to confer

Frequency#657Irregular

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
euconfiroI check
tuconferesyou check
vocêconfereyou check
ele/elaconferehe/she/it checks
nósconferimoswe check
vósconferisyou (pl.) check
vocêsconferemyou (pl.) check
eles/elasconferemthey check

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
euconferiI checked
tuconferisteyou checked
vocêconferiuyou checked
ele/elaconferiuhe/she/it checked
nósconferimoswe checked
vósconferistesyou (pl.) checked
vocêsconferiramyou (pl.) checked
eles/elasconferiramthey checked

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
euconferia
tuconferias
vocêconferia
ele/elaconferia
nósconferíamos
vósconferíeis
vocêsconferiam
eles/elasconferiam

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
euconfeririaI would check
tuconfeririasyou would check
vocêconfeririayou would check
ele/elaconfeririahe/she/it would check
nósconferiríamoswe would check
vósconferiríeisyou (pl.) would check
vocêsconfeririamyou (pl.) would check
eles/elasconfeririamthey would check

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
euconferireiI will check
tuconferirásyou will check
vocêconferiráyou will check
ele/elaconferiráhe/she/it will check
nósconferiremoswe will check
vósconferireisyou (pl.) will check
vocêsconferirãoyou (pl.) will check
eles/elasconferirãothey will check

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 conferidoI have checked
tutens conferidoyou have checked
vocêtem conferidoyou have checked
ele/elatem conferidohe/she/it has checked
nóstemos conferidowe have checked
vóstendes conferidoyou (pl.) have checked
vocêstêm conferidoyou (pl.) have checked
eles/elastêm conferidothey have checked

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 conferidoI had checked
tutinhas conferidoyou had checked
vocêtinha conferidoyou had checked
ele/elatinha conferidohe/she/it had checked
nóstínhamos conferidowe had checked
vóstínheis conferidoyou (pl.) had checked
vocêstinham conferidoyou (pl.) had checked
eles/elastinham conferidothey had checked

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

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 conferidoI will have checked
tuterás conferidoyou will have checked
vocêterá conferidoyou will have checked
ele/elaterá conferidohe/she/it will have checked
nósteremos conferidowe will have checked
vóstereis conferidoyou (pl.) will have checked
vocêsterão conferidoyou (pl.) will have checked
eles/elasterão conferidothey will have checked

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
euconfira
tuconfiras
vocêconfira
ele/elaconfira
nósconfiramos
vósconfirais
vocêsconfiram
eles/elasconfiram

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
euconferisse
tuconferisses
vocêconferisse
ele/elaconferisse
nósconferíssemos
vósconferísseis
vocêsconferissem
eles/elasconferissem

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
tuconfere
vocêconfira
ele/elaconfira
nósconfiramos
vósconferi
vocêsconfiram
eles/elasconfiram

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 confiras
vocênão confira
ele/elanão confira
nósnão confiramos
vósnão confirais
vocêsnão confiram
eles/elasnão confiram