encarar — Portuguese conjugation

to face

Frequency#1134Irregular

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
euencaroI face
tuencarasyou face
vocêencarayou face
ele/elaencarahe/she/it faces
nósencaramoswe face
vósencaraisyou (pl.) face
vocêsencaramyou (pl.) face
eles/elasencaramthey face

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
euencareiI faced
tuencarasteyou faced
vocêencarouyou faced
ele/elaencarouhe/she/it faced
nósencaramoswe faced
vósencarastesyou (pl.) faced
vocêsencararamyou (pl.) faced
eles/elasencararamthey faced

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
euencarava
tuencaravas
vocêencarava
ele/elaencarava
nósencarávamos
vósencaráveis
vocêsencaravam
eles/elasencaravam

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
euencarariaI would face
tuencarariasyou would face
vocêencarariayou would face
ele/elaencarariahe/she/it would face
nósencararíamoswe would face
vósencararíeisyou (pl.) would face
vocêsencarariamyou (pl.) would face
eles/elasencarariamthey would face

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
euencarareiI will face
tuencararásyou will face
vocêencararáyou will face
ele/elaencararáhe/she/it will face
nósencararemoswe will face
vósencarareisyou (pl.) will face
vocêsencararãoyou (pl.) will face
eles/elasencararãothey will face

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 encaradoI have faced
tutens encaradoyou have faced
vocêtem encaradoyou have faced
ele/elatem encaradohe/she/it has faced
nóstemos encaradowe have faced
vóstendes encaradoyou (pl.) have faced
vocêstêm encaradoyou (pl.) have faced
eles/elastêm encaradothey have faced

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 encaradoI had faced
tutinhas encaradoyou had faced
vocêtinha encaradoyou had faced
ele/elatinha encaradohe/she/it had faced
nóstínhamos encaradowe had faced
vóstínheis encaradoyou (pl.) had faced
vocêstinham encaradoyou (pl.) had faced
eles/elastinham encaradothey had faced

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

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 encaradoI will have faced
tuterás encaradoyou will have faced
vocêterá encaradoyou will have faced
ele/elaterá encaradohe/she/it will have faced
nósteremos encaradowe will have faced
vóstereis encaradoyou (pl.) will have faced
vocêsterão encaradoyou (pl.) will have faced
eles/elasterão encaradothey will have faced

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
euencare
tuencares
vocêencare
ele/elaencare
nósencaremos
vósencareis
vocêsencarem
eles/elasencarem

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
euencarasse
tuencarasses
vocêencarasse
ele/elaencarasse
nósencarássemos
vósencarásseis
vocêsencarassem
eles/elasencarassem

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
tuencara
vocêencare
ele/elaencare
nósencaremos
vósencarai
vocêsencarem
eles/elasencarem

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 encares
vocênão encare
ele/elanão encare
nósnão encaremos
vósnão encareis
vocêsnão encarem
eles/elasnão encarem