descascar — Portuguese conjugation

to shell

Frequency#750Irregular

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
eudescascoI shell
tudescascasyou shell
vocêdescascayou shell
ele/eladescascahe/she/it shells
nósdescascamoswe shell
vósdescascaisyou (pl.) shell
vocêsdescascamyou (pl.) shell
eles/elasdescascamthey shell

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
eudescasqueiI shelled
tudescascasteyou shelled
vocêdescascouyou shelled
ele/eladescascouhe/she/it shelled
nósdescascamoswe shelled
vósdescascastesyou (pl.) shelled
vocêsdescascaramyou (pl.) shelled
eles/elasdescascaramthey shelled

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
eudescascava
tudescascavas
vocêdescascava
ele/eladescascava
nósdescascávamos
vósdescascáveis
vocêsdescascavam
eles/elasdescascavam

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
eudescascariaI would shell
tudescascariasyou would shell
vocêdescascariayou would shell
ele/eladescascariahe/she/it would shell
nósdescascaríamoswe would shell
vósdescascaríeisyou (pl.) would shell
vocêsdescascariamyou (pl.) would shell
eles/elasdescascariamthey would shell

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
eudescascareiI will shell
tudescascarásyou will shell
vocêdescascaráyou will shell
ele/eladescascaráhe/she/it will shell
nósdescascaremoswe will shell
vósdescascareisyou (pl.) will shell
vocêsdescascarãoyou (pl.) will shell
eles/elasdescascarãothey will shell

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 descascadoI have shelled
tutens descascadoyou have shelled
vocêtem descascadoyou have shelled
ele/elatem descascadohe/she/it has shelled
nóstemos descascadowe have shelled
vóstendes descascadoyou (pl.) have shelled
vocêstêm descascadoyou (pl.) have shelled
eles/elastêm descascadothey have shelled

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 descascadoI had shelled
tutinhas descascadoyou had shelled
vocêtinha descascadoyou had shelled
ele/elatinha descascadohe/she/it had shelled
nóstínhamos descascadowe had shelled
vóstínheis descascadoyou (pl.) had shelled
vocêstinham descascadoyou (pl.) had shelled
eles/elastinham descascadothey had shelled

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

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 descascadoI will have shelled
tuterás descascadoyou will have shelled
vocêterá descascadoyou will have shelled
ele/elaterá descascadohe/she/it will have shelled
nósteremos descascadowe will have shelled
vóstereis descascadoyou (pl.) will have shelled
vocêsterão descascadoyou (pl.) will have shelled
eles/elasterão descascadothey will have shelled

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
eudescasque
tudescasques
vocêdescasque
ele/eladescasque
nósdescasquemos
vósdescasqueis
vocêsdescasquem
eles/elasdescasquem

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
eudescascasse
tudescascasses
vocêdescascasse
ele/eladescascasse
nósdescascássemos
vósdescascásseis
vocêsdescascassem
eles/elasdescascassem

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
tudescasca
vocêdescasque
ele/eladescasque
nósdescasquemos
vósdescascai
vocêsdescasquem
eles/elasdescasquem

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 descasques
vocênão descasque
ele/elanão descasque
nósnão descasquemos
vósnão descasqueis
vocêsnão descasquem
eles/elasnão descasquem