desvendar — Portuguese conjugation

to unveil, to remove a blindfold

Frequency#957Regular

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
eudesvendoI unveil
tudesvendasyou unveil
vocêdesvendayou unveil
ele/eladesvendahe/she/it unveils
nósdesvendamoswe unveil
vósdesvendaisyou (pl.) unveil
vocêsdesvendamyou (pl.) unveil
eles/elasdesvendamthey unveil

Preterite (Pretérito perfeito simples) Regular

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
eudesvendeiI unveiled
tudesvendasteyou unveiled
vocêdesvendouyou unveiled
ele/eladesvendouhe/she/it unveiled
nósdesvendamoswe unveiled
vósdesvendastesyou (pl.) unveiled
vocêsdesvendaramyou (pl.) unveiled
eles/elasdesvendaramthey unveiled

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
eudesvendava
tudesvendavas
vocêdesvendava
ele/eladesvendava
nósdesvendávamos
vósdesvendáveis
vocêsdesvendavam
eles/elasdesvendavam

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
eudesvendariaI would unveil
tudesvendariasyou would unveil
vocêdesvendariayou would unveil
ele/eladesvendariahe/she/it would unveil
nósdesvendaríamoswe would unveil
vósdesvendaríeisyou (pl.) would unveil
vocêsdesvendariamyou (pl.) would unveil
eles/elasdesvendariamthey would unveil

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
eudesvendareiI will unveil
tudesvendarásyou will unveil
vocêdesvendaráyou will unveil
ele/eladesvendaráhe/she/it will unveil
nósdesvendaremoswe will unveil
vósdesvendareisyou (pl.) will unveil
vocêsdesvendarãoyou (pl.) will unveil
eles/elasdesvendarãothey will unveil

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 desvendadoI have unveiled
tutens desvendadoyou have unveiled
vocêtem desvendadoyou have unveiled
ele/elatem desvendadohe/she/it has unveiled
nóstemos desvendadowe have unveiled
vóstendes desvendadoyou (pl.) have unveiled
vocêstêm desvendadoyou (pl.) have unveiled
eles/elastêm desvendadothey have unveiled

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 desvendadoI had unveiled
tutinhas desvendadoyou had unveiled
vocêtinha desvendadoyou had unveiled
ele/elatinha desvendadohe/she/it had unveiled
nóstínhamos desvendadowe had unveiled
vóstínheis desvendadoyou (pl.) had unveiled
vocêstinham desvendadoyou (pl.) had unveiled
eles/elastinham desvendadothey had unveiled

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

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 desvendadoI will have unveiled
tuterás desvendadoyou will have unveiled
vocêterá desvendadoyou will have unveiled
ele/elaterá desvendadohe/she/it will have unveiled
nósteremos desvendadowe will have unveiled
vóstereis desvendadoyou (pl.) will have unveiled
vocêsterão desvendadoyou (pl.) will have unveiled
eles/elasterão desvendadothey will have unveiled

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
eudesvende
tudesvendes
vocêdesvende
ele/eladesvende
nósdesvendemos
vósdesvendeis
vocêsdesvendem
eles/elasdesvendem

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
eudesvendasse
tudesvendasses
vocêdesvendasse
ele/eladesvendasse
nósdesvendássemos
vósdesvendásseis
vocêsdesvendassem
eles/elasdesvendassem

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
tudesvenda
vocêdesvende
ele/eladesvende
nósdesvendemos
vósdesvendai
vocêsdesvendem
eles/elasdesvendem

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 desvendes
vocênão desvende
ele/elanão desvende
nósnão desvendemos
vósnão desvendeis
vocêsnão desvendem
eles/elasnão desvendem