consertar — Portuguese conjugation

to fix, to repair

Frequency#132Regular

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
euconsertoI fix
tuconsertasyou fix
vocêconsertayou fix
ele/elaconsertahe/she/it fixes
nósconsertamoswe fix
vósconsertaisyou (pl.) fix
vocêsconsertamyou (pl.) fix
eles/elasconsertamthey fix

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
euconserteiI fixed
tuconsertasteyou fixed
vocêconsertouyou fixed
ele/elaconsertouhe/she/it fixed
nósconsertamoswe fixed
vósconsertastesyou (pl.) fixed
vocêsconsertaramyou (pl.) fixed
eles/elasconsertaramthey fixed

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
euconsertava
tuconsertavas
vocêconsertava
ele/elaconsertava
nósconsertávamos
vósconsertáveis
vocêsconsertavam
eles/elasconsertavam

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
euconsertariaI would fix
tuconsertariasyou would fix
vocêconsertariayou would fix
ele/elaconsertariahe/she/it would fix
nósconsertaríamoswe would fix
vósconsertaríeisyou (pl.) would fix
vocêsconsertariamyou (pl.) would fix
eles/elasconsertariamthey would fix

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
euconsertareiI will fix
tuconsertarásyou will fix
vocêconsertaráyou will fix
ele/elaconsertaráhe/she/it will fix
nósconsertaremoswe will fix
vósconsertareisyou (pl.) will fix
vocêsconsertarãoyou (pl.) will fix
eles/elasconsertarãothey will fix

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 consertadoI have fixed
tutens consertadoyou have fixed
vocêtem consertadoyou have fixed
ele/elatem consertadohe/she/it has fixed
nóstemos consertadowe have fixed
vóstendes consertadoyou (pl.) have fixed
vocêstêm consertadoyou (pl.) have fixed
eles/elastêm consertadothey have fixed

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 consertadoI had fixed
tutinhas consertadoyou had fixed
vocêtinha consertadoyou had fixed
ele/elatinha consertadohe/she/it had fixed
nóstínhamos consertadowe had fixed
vóstínheis consertadoyou (pl.) had fixed
vocêstinham consertadoyou (pl.) had fixed
eles/elastinham consertadothey had fixed

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

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 consertadoI will have fixed
tuterás consertadoyou will have fixed
vocêterá consertadoyou will have fixed
ele/elaterá consertadohe/she/it will have fixed
nósteremos consertadowe will have fixed
vóstereis consertadoyou (pl.) will have fixed
vocêsterão consertadoyou (pl.) will have fixed
eles/elasterão consertadothey will have fixed

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
euconserte
tuconsertes
vocêconserte
ele/elaconserte
nósconsertemos
vósconserteis
vocêsconsertem
eles/elasconsertem

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
euconsertasse
tuconsertasses
vocêconsertasse
ele/elaconsertasse
nósconsertássemos
vósconsertásseis
vocêsconsertassem
eles/elasconsertassem

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
tuconserta
vocêconserte
ele/elaconserte
nósconsertemos
vósconsertai
vocêsconsertem
eles/elasconsertem

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 consertes
vocênão conserte
ele/elanão conserte
nósnão consertemos
vósnão conserteis
vocêsnão consertem
eles/elasnão consertem