coordenar — Portuguese conjugation

to coordinate (to synchronise)

Frequency#746Regular

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
eucoordenoI coordinate
tucoordenasyou coordinate
vocêcoordenayou coordinate
ele/elacoordenahe/she/it coordinates
nóscoordenamoswe coordinate
vóscoordenaisyou (pl.) coordinate
vocêscoordenamyou (pl.) coordinate
eles/elascoordenamthey coordinate

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
eucoordeneiI coordinated
tucoordenasteyou coordinated
vocêcoordenouyou coordinated
ele/elacoordenouhe/she/it coordinated
nóscoordenamoswe coordinated
vóscoordenastesyou (pl.) coordinated
vocêscoordenaramyou (pl.) coordinated
eles/elascoordenaramthey coordinated

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
eucoordenava
tucoordenavas
vocêcoordenava
ele/elacoordenava
nóscoordenávamos
vóscoordenáveis
vocêscoordenavam
eles/elascoordenavam

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
eucoordenariaI would coordinate
tucoordenariasyou would coordinate
vocêcoordenariayou would coordinate
ele/elacoordenariahe/she/it would coordinate
nóscoordenaríamoswe would coordinate
vóscoordenaríeisyou (pl.) would coordinate
vocêscoordenariamyou (pl.) would coordinate
eles/elascoordenariamthey would coordinate

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
eucoordenareiI will coordinate
tucoordenarásyou will coordinate
vocêcoordenaráyou will coordinate
ele/elacoordenaráhe/she/it will coordinate
nóscoordenaremoswe will coordinate
vóscoordenareisyou (pl.) will coordinate
vocêscoordenarãoyou (pl.) will coordinate
eles/elascoordenarãothey will coordinate

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 coordenadoI have coordinated
tutens coordenadoyou have coordinated
vocêtem coordenadoyou have coordinated
ele/elatem coordenadohe/she/it has coordinated
nóstemos coordenadowe have coordinated
vóstendes coordenadoyou (pl.) have coordinated
vocêstêm coordenadoyou (pl.) have coordinated
eles/elastêm coordenadothey have coordinated

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 coordenadoI had coordinated
tutinhas coordenadoyou had coordinated
vocêtinha coordenadoyou had coordinated
ele/elatinha coordenadohe/she/it had coordinated
nóstínhamos coordenadowe had coordinated
vóstínheis coordenadoyou (pl.) had coordinated
vocêstinham coordenadoyou (pl.) had coordinated
eles/elastinham coordenadothey had coordinated

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

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 coordenadoI will have coordinated
tuterás coordenadoyou will have coordinated
vocêterá coordenadoyou will have coordinated
ele/elaterá coordenadohe/she/it will have coordinated
nósteremos coordenadowe will have coordinated
vóstereis coordenadoyou (pl.) will have coordinated
vocêsterão coordenadoyou (pl.) will have coordinated
eles/elasterão coordenadothey will have coordinated

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
eucoordene
tucoordenes
vocêcoordene
ele/elacoordene
nóscoordenemos
vóscoordeneis
vocêscoordenem
eles/elascoordenem

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
eucoordenasse
tucoordenasses
vocêcoordenasse
ele/elacoordenasse
nóscoordenássemos
vóscoordenásseis
vocêscoordenassem
eles/elascoordenassem

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
tucoordena
vocêcoordene
ele/elacoordene
nóscoordenemos
vóscoordenai
vocêscoordenem
eles/elascoordenem

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 coordenes
vocênão coordene
ele/elanão coordene
nósnão coordenemos
vósnão coordeneis
vocêsnão coordenem
eles/elasnão coordenem