duvidar — Portuguese conjugation

to doubt

Frequency#158Irregular

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
euduvidoI doubt
tuduvidasyou doubt
vocêduvidayou doubt
ele/eladuvidahe/she/it doubts
nósduvidamoswe doubt
vósduvidaisyou (pl.) doubt
vocêsduvidamyou (pl.) doubt
eles/elasduvidamthey doubt

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
euduvideiI doubted
tuduvidasteyou doubted
vocêduvidouyou doubted
ele/eladuvidouhe/she/it doubted
nósduvidamoswe doubted
vósduvidastesyou (pl.) doubted
vocêsduvidaramyou (pl.) doubted
eles/elasduvidaramthey doubted

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
euduvidava
tuduvidavas
vocêduvidava
ele/eladuvidava
nósduvidávamos
vósduvidáveis
vocêsduvidavam
eles/elasduvidavam

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
euduvidariaI would doubt
tuduvidariasyou would doubt
vocêduvidariayou would doubt
ele/eladuvidariahe/she/it would doubt
nósduvidaríamoswe would doubt
vósduvidaríeisyou (pl.) would doubt
vocêsduvidariamyou (pl.) would doubt
eles/elasduvidariamthey would doubt

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
euduvidareiI will doubt
tuduvidarásyou will doubt
vocêduvidaráyou will doubt
ele/eladuvidaráhe/she/it will doubt
nósduvidaremoswe will doubt
vósduvidareisyou (pl.) will doubt
vocêsduvidarãoyou (pl.) will doubt
eles/elasduvidarãothey will doubt

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 duvidadoI have doubted
tutens duvidadoyou have doubted
vocêtem duvidadoyou have doubted
ele/elatem duvidadohe/she/it has doubted
nóstemos duvidadowe have doubted
vóstendes duvidadoyou (pl.) have doubted
vocêstêm duvidadoyou (pl.) have doubted
eles/elastêm duvidadothey have doubted

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 duvidadoI had doubted
tutinhas duvidadoyou had doubted
vocêtinha duvidadoyou had doubted
ele/elatinha duvidadohe/she/it had doubted
nóstínhamos duvidadowe had doubted
vóstínheis duvidadoyou (pl.) had doubted
vocêstinham duvidadoyou (pl.) had doubted
eles/elastinham duvidadothey had doubted

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

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 duvidadoI will have doubted
tuterás duvidadoyou will have doubted
vocêterá duvidadoyou will have doubted
ele/elaterá duvidadohe/she/it will have doubted
nósteremos duvidadowe will have doubted
vóstereis duvidadoyou (pl.) will have doubted
vocêsterão duvidadoyou (pl.) will have doubted
eles/elasterão duvidadothey will have doubted

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
euduvide
tuduvides
vocêduvide
ele/eladuvide
nósduvidemos
vósduvideis
vocêsduvidem
eles/elasduvidem

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
euduvidasse
tuduvidasses
vocêduvidasse
ele/eladuvidasse
nósduvidássemos
vósduvidásseis
vocêsduvidassem
eles/elasduvidassem

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
tuduvida
vocêduvide
ele/eladuvide
nósduvidemos
vósduvidai
vocêsduvidem
eles/elasduvidem

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 duvides
vocênão duvide
ele/elanão duvide
nósnão duvidemos
vósnão duvideis
vocêsnão duvidem
eles/elasnão duvidem