enforcar — Portuguese conjugation

to hang

Frequency#966Regular

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
euenforcoI hang
tuenforcasyou hang
vocêenforcayou hang
ele/elaenforcahe/she/it hangs
nósenforcamoswe hang
vósenforcaisyou (pl.) hang
vocêsenforcamyou (pl.) hang
eles/elasenforcamthey hang

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.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
euenforqueiI hung
tuenforcasteyou hung
vocêenforcouyou hung
ele/elaenforcouhe/she/it hung
nósenforcamoswe hung
vósenforcastesyou (pl.) hung
vocêsenforcaramyou (pl.) hung
eles/elasenforcaramthey hung

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
euenforcava
tuenforcavas
vocêenforcava
ele/elaenforcava
nósenforcávamos
vósenforcáveis
vocêsenforcavam
eles/elasenforcavam

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
euenforcariaI would hang
tuenforcariasyou would hang
vocêenforcariayou would hang
ele/elaenforcariahe/she/it would hang
nósenforcaríamoswe would hang
vósenforcaríeisyou (pl.) would hang
vocêsenforcariamyou (pl.) would hang
eles/elasenforcariamthey would hang

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
euenforcareiI will hang
tuenforcarásyou will hang
vocêenforcaráyou will hang
ele/elaenforcaráhe/she/it will hang
nósenforcaremoswe will hang
vósenforcareisyou (pl.) will hang
vocêsenforcarãoyou (pl.) will hang
eles/elasenforcarãothey will hang

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 enforcadoI have hung
tutens enforcadoyou have hung
vocêtem enforcadoyou have hung
ele/elatem enforcadohe/she/it has hung
nóstemos enforcadowe have hung
vóstendes enforcadoyou (pl.) have hung
vocêstêm enforcadoyou (pl.) have hung
eles/elastêm enforcadothey have hung

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 enforcadoI had hung
tutinhas enforcadoyou had hung
vocêtinha enforcadoyou had hung
ele/elatinha enforcadohe/she/it had hung
nóstínhamos enforcadowe had hung
vóstínheis enforcadoyou (pl.) had hung
vocêstinham enforcadoyou (pl.) had hung
eles/elastinham enforcadothey had hung

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

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 enforcadoI will have hung
tuterás enforcadoyou will have hung
vocêterá enforcadoyou will have hung
ele/elaterá enforcadohe/she/it will have hung
nósteremos enforcadowe will have hung
vóstereis enforcadoyou (pl.) will have hung
vocêsterão enforcadoyou (pl.) will have hung
eles/elasterão enforcadothey will have hung

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
euenforque
tuenforques
vocêenforque
ele/elaenforque
nósenforquemos
vósenforqueis
vocêsenforquem
eles/elasenforquem

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
euenforcasse
tuenforcasses
vocêenforcasse
ele/elaenforcasse
nósenforcássemos
vósenforcásseis
vocêsenforcassem
eles/elasenforcassem

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
tuenforca
vocêenforque
ele/elaenforque
nósenforquemos
vósenforcai
vocêsenforquem
eles/elasenforquem

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 enforques
vocênão enforque
ele/elanão enforque
nósnão enforquemos
vósnão enforqueis
vocêsnão enforquem
eles/elasnão enforquem