embarcar — Portuguese conjugation

to embark

Frequency#866IrregularReflexiveembarcar-se — to board oneself

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
euembarcoI embark
tuembarcasyou embark
vocêembarcayou embark
ele/elaembarcahe/she/it embarks
nósembarcamoswe embark
vósembarcaisyou (pl.) embark
vocêsembarcamyou (pl.) embark
eles/elasembarcamthey embark

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
euembarqueiI embarked
tuembarcasteyou embarked
vocêembarcouyou embarked
ele/elaembarcouhe/she/it embarked
nósembarcamoswe embarked
vósembarcastesyou (pl.) embarked
vocêsembarcaramyou (pl.) embarked
eles/elasembarcaramthey embarked

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
euembarcava
tuembarcavas
vocêembarcava
ele/elaembarcava
nósembarcávamos
vósembarcáveis
vocêsembarcavam
eles/elasembarcavam

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
euembarcariaI would embark
tuembarcariasyou would embark
vocêembarcariayou would embark
ele/elaembarcariahe/she/it would embark
nósembarcaríamoswe would embark
vósembarcaríeisyou (pl.) would embark
vocêsembarcariamyou (pl.) would embark
eles/elasembarcariamthey would embark

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
euembarcareiI will embark
tuembarcarásyou will embark
vocêembarcaráyou will embark
ele/elaembarcaráhe/she/it will embark
nósembarcaremoswe will embark
vósembarcareisyou (pl.) will embark
vocêsembarcarãoyou (pl.) will embark
eles/elasembarcarãothey will embark

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 embarcadoI have embarked
tutens embarcadoyou have embarked
vocêtem embarcadoyou have embarked
ele/elatem embarcadohe/she/it has embarked
nóstemos embarcadowe have embarked
vóstendes embarcadoyou (pl.) have embarked
vocêstêm embarcadoyou (pl.) have embarked
eles/elastêm embarcadothey have embarked

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 embarcadoI had embarked
tutinhas embarcadoyou had embarked
vocêtinha embarcadoyou had embarked
ele/elatinha embarcadohe/she/it had embarked
nóstínhamos embarcadowe had embarked
vóstínheis embarcadoyou (pl.) had embarked
vocêstinham embarcadoyou (pl.) had embarked
eles/elastinham embarcadothey had embarked

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

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 embarcadoI will have embarked
tuterás embarcadoyou will have embarked
vocêterá embarcadoyou will have embarked
ele/elaterá embarcadohe/she/it will have embarked
nósteremos embarcadowe will have embarked
vóstereis embarcadoyou (pl.) will have embarked
vocêsterão embarcadoyou (pl.) will have embarked
eles/elasterão embarcadothey will have embarked

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
euembarque
tuembarques
vocêembarque
ele/elaembarque
nósembarquemos
vósembarqueis
vocêsembarquem
eles/elasembarquem

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
euembarcasse
tuembarcasses
vocêembarcasse
ele/elaembarcasse
nósembarcássemos
vósembarcásseis
vocêsembarcassem
eles/elasembarcassem

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
tuembarca
vocêembarque
ele/elaembarque
nósembarquemos
vósembarcai
vocêsembarquem
eles/elasembarquem

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 embarques
vocênão embarque
ele/elanão embarque
nósnão embarquemos
vósnão embarqueis
vocêsnão embarquem
eles/elasnão embarquem