coreografar — Portuguese conjugation

to choreograph

Frequency#940Irregular

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
eucoreografoI choreograph
tucoreografasyou choreograph
vocêcoreografayou choreograph
ele/elacoreografahe/she/it choreographs
nóscoreografamoswe choreograph
vóscoreografaisyou (pl.) choreograph
vocêscoreografamyou (pl.) choreograph
eles/elascoreografamthey choreograph

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
eucoreografeiI choreographed
tucoreografasteyou choreographed
vocêcoreografouyou choreographed
ele/elacoreografouhe/she/it choreographed
nóscoreografamoswe choreographed
vóscoreografastesyou (pl.) choreographed
vocêscoreografaramyou (pl.) choreographed
eles/elascoreografaramthey choreographed

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
eucoreografava
tucoreografavas
vocêcoreografava
ele/elacoreografava
nóscoreografávamos
vóscoreografáveis
vocêscoreografavam
eles/elascoreografavam

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
eucoreografariaI would choreograph
tucoreografariasyou would choreograph
vocêcoreografariayou would choreograph
ele/elacoreografariahe/she/it would choreograph
nóscoreografaríamoswe would choreograph
vóscoreografaríeisyou (pl.) would choreograph
vocêscoreografariamyou (pl.) would choreograph
eles/elascoreografariamthey would choreograph

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
eucoreografareiI will choreograph
tucoreografarásyou will choreograph
vocêcoreografaráyou will choreograph
ele/elacoreografaráhe/she/it will choreograph
nóscoreografaremoswe will choreograph
vóscoreografareisyou (pl.) will choreograph
vocêscoreografarãoyou (pl.) will choreograph
eles/elascoreografarãothey will choreograph

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 coreografadoI have choreographed
tutens coreografadoyou have choreographed
vocêtem coreografadoyou have choreographed
ele/elatem coreografadohe/she/it has choreographed
nóstemos coreografadowe have choreographed
vóstendes coreografadoyou (pl.) have choreographed
vocêstêm coreografadoyou (pl.) have choreographed
eles/elastêm coreografadothey have choreographed

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 coreografadoI had choreographed
tutinhas coreografadoyou had choreographed
vocêtinha coreografadoyou had choreographed
ele/elatinha coreografadohe/she/it had choreographed
nóstínhamos coreografadowe had choreographed
vóstínheis coreografadoyou (pl.) had choreographed
vocêstinham coreografadoyou (pl.) had choreographed
eles/elastinham coreografadothey had choreographed

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

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 coreografadoI will have choreographed
tuterás coreografadoyou will have choreographed
vocêterá coreografadoyou will have choreographed
ele/elaterá coreografadohe/she/it will have choreographed
nósteremos coreografadowe will have choreographed
vóstereis coreografadoyou (pl.) will have choreographed
vocêsterão coreografadoyou (pl.) will have choreographed
eles/elasterão coreografadothey will have choreographed

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
eucoreografe
tucoreografes
vocêcoreografe
ele/elacoreografe
nóscoreografemos
vóscoreografeis
vocêscoreografem
eles/elascoreografem

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
eucoreografasse
tucoreografasses
vocêcoreografasse
ele/elacoreografasse
nóscoreografássemos
vóscoreografásseis
vocêscoreografassem
eles/elascoreografassem

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
tucoreografa
vocêcoreografe
ele/elacoreografe
nóscoreografemos
vóscoreografai
vocêscoreografem
eles/elascoreografem

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 coreografes
vocênão coreografe
ele/elanão coreografe
nósnão coreografemos
vósnão coreografeis
vocêsnão coreografem
eles/elasnão coreografem