encobrir — Portuguese conjugation
to cover up
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | encubro | I cover up |
| tu | encobres | you cover up |
| você | encobre | you cover up |
| ele/ela | encobre | he/she/it covers up |
| nós | encobrimos | we cover up |
| vós | encobris | you (pl.) cover up |
| vocês | encobrem | you (pl.) cover up |
| eles/elas | encobrem | they cover up |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | encobri | I covered up |
| tu | encobriste | you covered up |
| você | encobriu | you covered up |
| ele/ela | encobriu | he/she/it covered up |
| nós | encobrimos | we covered up |
| vós | encobristes | you (pl.) covered up |
| vocês | encobriram | you (pl.) covered up |
| eles/elas | encobriram | they covered up |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | encobria |
| tu | encobrias |
| você | encobria |
| ele/ela | encobria |
| nós | encobríamos |
| vós | encobríeis |
| vocês | encobriam |
| eles/elas | encobriam |
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?
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | encobriria | I would cover up |
| tu | encobririas | you would cover up |
| você | encobriria | you would cover up |
| ele/ela | encobriria | he/she/it would cover up |
| nós | encobriríamos | we would cover up |
| vós | encobriríeis | you (pl.) would cover up |
| vocês | encobririam | you (pl.) would cover up |
| eles/elas | encobririam | they would cover up |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | encobrirei | I will cover up |
| tu | encobrirás | you will cover up |
| você | encobrirá | you will cover up |
| ele/ela | encobrirá | he/she/it will cover up |
| nós | encobriremos | we will cover up |
| vós | encobrireis | you (pl.) will cover up |
| vocês | encobrirão | you (pl.) will cover up |
| eles/elas | encobrirão | they will cover up |
Present perfect (Pretérito perfeito composto) Irregular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tenho encoberto | I have covered up |
| tu | tens encoberto | you have covered up |
| você | tem encoberto | you have covered up |
| ele/ela | tem encoberto | he/she/it has covered up |
| nós | temos encoberto | we have covered up |
| vós | tendes encoberto | you (pl.) have covered up |
| vocês | têm encoberto | you (pl.) have covered up |
| eles/elas | têm encoberto | they have covered up |
Pluperfect (Mais-que-perfeito composto) Irregular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tinha encoberto | I had covered up |
| tu | tinhas encoberto | you had covered up |
| você | tinha encoberto | you had covered up |
| ele/ela | tinha encoberto | he/she/it had covered up |
| nós | tínhamos encoberto | we had covered up |
| vós | tínheis encoberto | you (pl.) had covered up |
| vocês | tinham encoberto | you (pl.) had covered up |
| eles/elas | tinham encoberto | they had covered up |
Conditional perfect (Condicional composto) Irregular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | teria encoberto |
| tu | terias encoberto |
| você | teria encoberto |
| ele/ela | teria encoberto |
| nós | teríamos encoberto |
| vós | teríeis encoberto |
| vocês | teriam encoberto |
| eles/elas | teriam encoberto |
Future perfect (Futuro composto) Irregular
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | terei encoberto | I will have covered up |
| tu | terás encoberto | you will have covered up |
| você | terá encoberto | you will have covered up |
| ele/ela | terá encoberto | he/she/it will have covered up |
| nós | teremos encoberto | we will have covered up |
| vós | tereis encoberto | you (pl.) will have covered up |
| vocês | terão encoberto | you (pl.) will have covered up |
| eles/elas | terão encoberto | they will have covered up |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | encubra |
| tu | encubras |
| você | encubra |
| ele/ela | encubra |
| nós | encubramos |
| vós | encubrais |
| vocês | encubram |
| eles/elas | encubram |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | encobrisse |
| tu | encobrisses |
| você | encobrisse |
| ele/ela | encobrisse |
| nós | encobríssemos |
| vós | encobrísseis |
| vocês | encobrissem |
| eles/elas | encobrissem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | encobre |
| você | encubra |
| ele/ela | encubra |
| nós | encubramos |
| vós | encobri |
| vocês | encubram |
| eles/elas | encubram |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | não encubras |
| você | não encubra |
| ele/ela | não encubra |
| nós | não encubramos |
| vós | não encubrais |
| vocês | não encubram |
| eles/elas | não encubram |