converter — Portuguese conjugation

to convert (all senses); to change

Frequency#335Regular

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
euconvertoI convert
tuconvertesyou convert
vocêconverteyou convert
ele/elaconvertehe/she/it converts
nósconvertemoswe convert
vósconverteisyou (pl.) convert
vocêsconvertemyou (pl.) convert
eles/elasconvertemthey convert

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
euconvertiI converted
tuconvertesteyou converted
vocêconverteuyou converted
ele/elaconverteuhe/she/it converted
nósconvertemoswe converted
vósconvertestesyou (pl.) converted
vocêsconverteramyou (pl.) converted
eles/elasconverteramthey converted

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
euconvertia
tuconvertias
vocêconvertia
ele/elaconvertia
nósconvertíamos
vósconvertíeis
vocêsconvertiam
eles/elasconvertiam

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
euconverteriaI would convert
tuconverteriasyou would convert
vocêconverteriayou would convert
ele/elaconverteriahe/she/it would convert
nósconverteríamoswe would convert
vósconverteríeisyou (pl.) would convert
vocêsconverteriamyou (pl.) would convert
eles/elasconverteriamthey would convert

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
euconvertereiI will convert
tuconverterásyou will convert
vocêconverteráyou will convert
ele/elaconverteráhe/she/it will convert
nósconverteremoswe will convert
vósconvertereisyou (pl.) will convert
vocêsconverterãoyou (pl.) will convert
eles/elasconverterãothey will convert

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 convertidoI have converted
tutens convertidoyou have converted
vocêtem convertidoyou have converted
ele/elatem convertidohe/she/it has converted
nóstemos convertidowe have converted
vóstendes convertidoyou (pl.) have converted
vocêstêm convertidoyou (pl.) have converted
eles/elastêm convertidothey have converted

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 convertidoI had converted
tutinhas convertidoyou had converted
vocêtinha convertidoyou had converted
ele/elatinha convertidohe/she/it had converted
nóstínhamos convertidowe had converted
vóstínheis convertidoyou (pl.) had converted
vocêstinham convertidoyou (pl.) had converted
eles/elastinham convertidothey had converted

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

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 convertidoI will have converted
tuterás convertidoyou will have converted
vocêterá convertidoyou will have converted
ele/elaterá convertidohe/she/it will have converted
nósteremos convertidowe will have converted
vóstereis convertidoyou (pl.) will have converted
vocêsterão convertidoyou (pl.) will have converted
eles/elasterão convertidothey will have converted

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
euconverta
tuconvertas
vocêconverta
ele/elaconverta
nósconvertamos
vósconvertais
vocêsconvertam
eles/elasconvertam

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
euconvertesse
tuconvertesses
vocêconvertesse
ele/elaconvertesse
nósconvertêssemos
vósconvertêsseis
vocêsconvertessem
eles/elasconvertessem

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
tuconverte
vocêconverta
ele/elaconverta
nósconvertamos
vósconvertei
vocêsconvertam
eles/elasconvertam

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 convertas
vocênão converta
ele/elanão converta
nósnão convertamos
vósnão convertais
vocêsnão convertam
eles/elasnão convertam