doar — Portuguese conjugation

to donate

Frequency#254Irregular

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
eudôoI donate
tudoasyou donate
vocêdoayou donate
ele/eladoahe/she/it donates
nósdoamoswe donate
vósdoaisyou (pl.) donate
vocêsdoamyou (pl.) donate
eles/elasdoamthey donate

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
eudoeiI donated
tudoasteyou donated
vocêdoouyou donated
ele/eladoouhe/she/it donated
nósdoamoswe donated
vósdoastesyou (pl.) donated
vocêsdoaramyou (pl.) donated
eles/elasdoaramthey donated

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
eudoava
tudoavas
vocêdoava
ele/eladoava
nósdoávamos
vósdoáveis
vocêsdoavam
eles/elasdoavam

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
eudoariaI would donate
tudoariasyou would donate
vocêdoariayou would donate
ele/eladoariahe/she/it would donate
nósdoaríamoswe would donate
vósdoaríeisyou (pl.) would donate
vocêsdoariamyou (pl.) would donate
eles/elasdoariamthey would donate

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
eudoareiI will donate
tudoarásyou will donate
vocêdoaráyou will donate
ele/eladoaráhe/she/it will donate
nósdoaremoswe will donate
vósdoareisyou (pl.) will donate
vocêsdoarãoyou (pl.) will donate
eles/elasdoarãothey will donate

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 doadoI have donated
tutens doadoyou have donated
vocêtem doadoyou have donated
ele/elatem doadohe/she/it has donated
nóstemos doadowe have donated
vóstendes doadoyou (pl.) have donated
vocêstêm doadoyou (pl.) have donated
eles/elastêm doadothey have donated

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 doadoI had donated
tutinhas doadoyou had donated
vocêtinha doadoyou had donated
ele/elatinha doadohe/she/it had donated
nóstínhamos doadowe had donated
vóstínheis doadoyou (pl.) had donated
vocêstinham doadoyou (pl.) had donated
eles/elastinham doadothey had donated

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

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 doadoI will have donated
tuterás doadoyou will have donated
vocêterá doadoyou will have donated
ele/elaterá doadohe/she/it will have donated
nósteremos doadowe will have donated
vóstereis doadoyou (pl.) will have donated
vocêsterão doadoyou (pl.) will have donated
eles/elasterão doadothey will have donated

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
eudoe
tudoes
vocêdoe
ele/eladoe
nósdoemos
vósdoeis
vocêsdoem
eles/elasdoem

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
eudoasse
tudoasses
vocêdoasse
ele/eladoasse
nósdoássemos
vósdoásseis
vocêsdoassem
eles/elasdoassem

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
tudoa
vocêdoe
ele/eladoe
nósdoemos
vósdoai
vocêsdoem
eles/elasdoem

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 does
vocênão doe
ele/elanão doe
nósnão doemos
vósnão doeis
vocêsnão doem
eles/elasnão doem