cotizar — Portuguese conjugation

to quote

Frequency#854Irregular

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
eucotizoI quote
tucotizasyou quote
vocêcotizayou quote
ele/elacotizahe/she/it quotes
nóscotizamoswe quote
vóscotizaisyou (pl.) quote
vocêscotizamyou (pl.) quote
eles/elascotizamthey quote

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
eucotizeiI quoted
tucotizasteyou quoted
vocêcotizouyou quoted
ele/elacotizouhe/she/it quoted
nóscotizamoswe quoted
vóscotizastesyou (pl.) quoted
vocêscotizaramyou (pl.) quoted
eles/elascotizaramthey quoted

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
eucotizava
tucotizavas
vocêcotizava
ele/elacotizava
nóscotizávamos
vóscotizáveis
vocêscotizavam
eles/elascotizavam

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
eucotizariaI would quote
tucotizariasyou would quote
vocêcotizariayou would quote
ele/elacotizariahe/she/it would quote
nóscotizaríamoswe would quote
vóscotizaríeisyou (pl.) would quote
vocêscotizariamyou (pl.) would quote
eles/elascotizariamthey would quote

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
eucotizareiI will quote
tucotizarásyou will quote
vocêcotizaráyou will quote
ele/elacotizaráhe/she/it will quote
nóscotizaremoswe will quote
vóscotizareisyou (pl.) will quote
vocêscotizarãoyou (pl.) will quote
eles/elascotizarãothey will quote

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 cotizadoI have quoted
tutens cotizadoyou have quoted
vocêtem cotizadoyou have quoted
ele/elatem cotizadohe/she/it has quoted
nóstemos cotizadowe have quoted
vóstendes cotizadoyou (pl.) have quoted
vocêstêm cotizadoyou (pl.) have quoted
eles/elastêm cotizadothey have quoted

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 cotizadoI had quoted
tutinhas cotizadoyou had quoted
vocêtinha cotizadoyou had quoted
ele/elatinha cotizadohe/she/it had quoted
nóstínhamos cotizadowe had quoted
vóstínheis cotizadoyou (pl.) had quoted
vocêstinham cotizadoyou (pl.) had quoted
eles/elastinham cotizadothey had quoted

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

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 cotizadoI will have quoted
tuterás cotizadoyou will have quoted
vocêterá cotizadoyou will have quoted
ele/elaterá cotizadohe/she/it will have quoted
nósteremos cotizadowe will have quoted
vóstereis cotizadoyou (pl.) will have quoted
vocêsterão cotizadoyou (pl.) will have quoted
eles/elasterão cotizadothey will have quoted

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
eucotize
tucotizes
vocêcotize
ele/elacotize
nóscotizemos
vóscotizeis
vocêscotizem
eles/elascotizem

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
eucotizasse
tucotizasses
vocêcotizasse
ele/elacotizasse
nóscotizássemos
vóscotizásseis
vocêscotizassem
eles/elascotizassem

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
tucotiza
vocêcotize
ele/elacotize
nóscotizemos
vóscotizai
vocêscotizem
eles/elascotizem

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 cotizes
vocênão cotize
ele/elanão cotize
nósnão cotizemos
vósnão cotizeis
vocêsnão cotizem
eles/elasnão cotizem