deletar — Portuguese conjugation

to delete

Frequency#1114Irregular

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
eudeletoI delete
tudeletasyou delete
vocêdeletayou delete
ele/eladeletahe/she/it deletes
nósdeletamoswe delete
vósdeletaisyou (pl.) delete
vocêsdeletamyou (pl.) delete
eles/elasdeletamthey delete

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
eudeleteiI deleted
tudeletasteyou deleted
vocêdeletouyou deleted
ele/eladeletouhe/she/it deleted
nósdeletamoswe deleted
vósdeletastesyou (pl.) deleted
vocêsdeletaramyou (pl.) deleted
eles/elasdeletaramthey deleted

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
eudeletava
tudeletavas
vocêdeletava
ele/eladeletava
nósdeletávamos
vósdeletáveis
vocêsdeletavam
eles/elasdeletavam

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
eudeletariaI would delete
tudeletariasyou would delete
vocêdeletariayou would delete
ele/eladeletariahe/she/it would delete
nósdeletaríamoswe would delete
vósdeletaríeisyou (pl.) would delete
vocêsdeletariamyou (pl.) would delete
eles/elasdeletariamthey would delete

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
eudeletareiI will delete
tudeletarásyou will delete
vocêdeletaráyou will delete
ele/eladeletaráhe/she/it will delete
nósdeletaremoswe will delete
vósdeletareisyou (pl.) will delete
vocêsdeletarãoyou (pl.) will delete
eles/elasdeletarãothey will delete

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 deletadoI have deleted
tutens deletadoyou have deleted
vocêtem deletadoyou have deleted
ele/elatem deletadohe/she/it has deleted
nóstemos deletadowe have deleted
vóstendes deletadoyou (pl.) have deleted
vocêstêm deletadoyou (pl.) have deleted
eles/elastêm deletadothey have deleted

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 deletadoI had deleted
tutinhas deletadoyou had deleted
vocêtinha deletadoyou had deleted
ele/elatinha deletadohe/she/it had deleted
nóstínhamos deletadowe had deleted
vóstínheis deletadoyou (pl.) had deleted
vocêstinham deletadoyou (pl.) had deleted
eles/elastinham deletadothey had deleted

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

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 deletadoI will have deleted
tuterás deletadoyou will have deleted
vocêterá deletadoyou will have deleted
ele/elaterá deletadohe/she/it will have deleted
nósteremos deletadowe will have deleted
vóstereis deletadoyou (pl.) will have deleted
vocêsterão deletadoyou (pl.) will have deleted
eles/elasterão deletadothey will have deleted

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
eudelete
tudeletes
vocêdelete
ele/eladelete
nósdeletemos
vósdeleteis
vocêsdeletem
eles/elasdeletem

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
eudeletasse
tudeletasses
vocêdeletasse
ele/eladeletasse
nósdeletássemos
vósdeletásseis
vocêsdeletassem
eles/elasdeletassem

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
tudeleta
vocêdelete
ele/eladelete
nósdeletemos
vósdeletai
vocêsdeletem
eles/elasdeletem

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 deletes
vocênão delete
ele/elanão delete
nósnão deletemos
vósnão deleteis
vocêsnão deletem
eles/elasnão deletem