enrolar — Portuguese conjugation
to roll up (to coil or wrap something)
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | enrolo | I roll up |
| tu | enrolas | you roll up |
| você | enrola | you roll up |
| ele/ela | enrola | he/she/it rolls up |
| nós | enrolamos | we roll up |
| vós | enrolais | you (pl.) roll up |
| vocês | enrolam | you (pl.) roll up |
| eles/elas | enrolam | they roll 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 | enrolei | I rolled up |
| tu | enrolaste | you rolled up |
| você | enrolou | you rolled up |
| ele/ela | enrolou | he/she/it rolled up |
| nós | enrolamos | we rolled up |
| vós | enrolastes | you (pl.) rolled up |
| vocês | enrolaram | you (pl.) rolled up |
| eles/elas | enrolaram | they rolled 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 | enrolava |
| tu | enrolavas |
| você | enrolava |
| ele/ela | enrolava |
| nós | enrolávamos |
| vós | enroláveis |
| vocês | enrolavam |
| eles/elas | enrolavam |
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 | enrolaria | I would roll up |
| tu | enrolarias | you would roll up |
| você | enrolaria | you would roll up |
| ele/ela | enrolaria | he/she/it would roll up |
| nós | enrolaríamos | we would roll up |
| vós | enrolaríeis | you (pl.) would roll up |
| vocês | enrolariam | you (pl.) would roll up |
| eles/elas | enrolariam | they would roll 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 | enrolarei | I will roll up |
| tu | enrolarás | you will roll up |
| você | enrolará | you will roll up |
| ele/ela | enrolará | he/she/it will roll up |
| nós | enrolaremos | we will roll up |
| vós | enrolareis | you (pl.) will roll up |
| vocês | enrolarão | you (pl.) will roll up |
| eles/elas | enrolarão | they will roll up |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tenho enrolado | I have rolled up |
| tu | tens enrolado | you have rolled up |
| você | tem enrolado | you have rolled up |
| ele/ela | tem enrolado | he/she/it has rolled up |
| nós | temos enrolado | we have rolled up |
| vós | tendes enrolado | you (pl.) have rolled up |
| vocês | têm enrolado | you (pl.) have rolled up |
| eles/elas | têm enrolado | they have rolled up |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tinha enrolado | I had rolled up |
| tu | tinhas enrolado | you had rolled up |
| você | tinha enrolado | you had rolled up |
| ele/ela | tinha enrolado | he/she/it had rolled up |
| nós | tínhamos enrolado | we had rolled up |
| vós | tínheis enrolado | you (pl.) had rolled up |
| vocês | tinham enrolado | you (pl.) had rolled up |
| eles/elas | tinham enrolado | they had rolled up |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | teria enrolado |
| tu | terias enrolado |
| você | teria enrolado |
| ele/ela | teria enrolado |
| nós | teríamos enrolado |
| vós | teríeis enrolado |
| vocês | teriam enrolado |
| eles/elas | teriam enrolado |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | terei enrolado | I will have rolled up |
| tu | terás enrolado | you will have rolled up |
| você | terá enrolado | you will have rolled up |
| ele/ela | terá enrolado | he/she/it will have rolled up |
| nós | teremos enrolado | we will have rolled up |
| vós | tereis enrolado | you (pl.) will have rolled up |
| vocês | terão enrolado | you (pl.) will have rolled up |
| eles/elas | terão enrolado | they will have rolled 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 | enrole |
| tu | enroles |
| você | enrole |
| ele/ela | enrole |
| nós | enrolemos |
| vós | enroleis |
| vocês | enrolem |
| eles/elas | enrolem |
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 | enrolasse |
| tu | enrolasses |
| você | enrolasse |
| ele/ela | enrolasse |
| nós | enrolássemos |
| vós | enrolásseis |
| vocês | enrolassem |
| eles/elas | enrolassem |
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 | enrola |
| você | enrole |
| ele/ela | enrole |
| nós | enrolemos |
| vós | enrolai |
| vocês | enrolem |
| eles/elas | enrolem |
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 enroles |
| você | não enrole |
| ele/ela | não enrole |
| nós | não enrolemos |
| vós | não enroleis |
| vocês | não enrolem |
| eles/elas | não enrolem |