dar — Portuguese conjugation

to give

Frequency#12IrregularReflexivedar-se — to give oneself

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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
eudouI give
tudásyou give
vocêyou give
ele/elahe/she/it gives
nósdamoswe give
vósdaisyou (pl.) give
vocêsdãoyou (pl.) give
eles/elasdãothey give

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
eudeiI gave
tudesteyou gave
vocêdeuyou gave
ele/eladeuhe/she/it gave
nósdemoswe gave
vósdestesyou (pl.) gave
vocêsderamyou (pl.) gave
eles/elasderamthey gave

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
eudava
tudavas
vocêdava
ele/eladava
nósdávamos
vósdáveis
vocêsdavam
eles/elasdavam

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
eudariaI would give
tudariasyou would give
vocêdariayou would give
ele/eladariahe/she/it would give
nósdaríamoswe would give
vósdaríeisyou (pl.) would give
vocêsdariamyou (pl.) would give
eles/elasdariamthey would give

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
eudareiI will give
tudarásyou will give
vocêdaráyou will give
ele/eladaráhe/she/it will give
nósdaremoswe will give
vósdareisyou (pl.) will give
vocêsdarãoyou (pl.) will give
eles/elasdarãothey will give

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 dadoI have given
tutens dadoyou have given
vocêtem dadoyou have given
ele/elatem dadohe/she/it has given
nóstemos dadowe have given
vóstendes dadoyou (pl.) have given
vocêstêm dadoyou (pl.) have given
eles/elastêm dadothey have given

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 dadoI had given
tutinhas dadoyou had given
vocêtinha dadoyou had given
ele/elatinha dadohe/she/it had given
nóstínhamos dadowe had given
vóstínheis dadoyou (pl.) had given
vocêstinham dadoyou (pl.) had given
eles/elastinham dadothey had given

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

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 dadoI will have given
tuterás dadoyou will have given
vocêterá dadoyou will have given
ele/elaterá dadohe/she/it will have given
nósteremos dadowe will have given
vóstereis dadoyou (pl.) will have given
vocêsterão dadoyou (pl.) will have given
eles/elasterão dadothey will have given

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
eu
tudês
você
ele/ela
nósdemos
vósdeis
vocêsdêem
eles/elasdêem

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
eudesse
tudesses
vocêdesse
ele/eladesse
nósdéssemos
vósdésseis
vocêsdessem
eles/elasdessem

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
tu
você
ele/ela
nósdemos
vósdai
vocêsdêem
eles/elasdêem

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 dês
vocênão dê
ele/elanão dê
nósnão demos
vósnão deis
vocêsnão dêem
eles/elasnão dêem