entrar — Portuguese conjugation

to enter

Frequency#38Irregular

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
euentroI enter
tuentrasyou enter
vocêentrayou enter
ele/elaentrahe/she/it enters
nósentramoswe enter
vósentraisyou (pl.) enter
vocêsentramyou (pl.) enter
eles/elasentramthey enter

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
euentreiI entered
tuentrasteyou entered
vocêentrouyou entered
ele/elaentrouhe/she/it entered
nósentramoswe entered
vósentrastesyou (pl.) entered
vocêsentraramyou (pl.) entered
eles/elasentraramthey entered

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
euentrava
tuentravas
vocêentrava
ele/elaentrava
nósentrávamos
vósentráveis
vocêsentravam
eles/elasentravam

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
euentrariaI would enter
tuentrariasyou would enter
vocêentrariayou would enter
ele/elaentrariahe/she/it would enter
nósentraríamoswe would enter
vósentraríeisyou (pl.) would enter
vocêsentrariamyou (pl.) would enter
eles/elasentrariamthey would enter

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
euentrareiI will enter
tuentrarásyou will enter
vocêentraráyou will enter
ele/elaentraráhe/she/it will enter
nósentraremoswe will enter
vósentrareisyou (pl.) will enter
vocêsentrarãoyou (pl.) will enter
eles/elasentrarãothey will enter

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 entradoI have entered
tutens entradoyou have entered
vocêtem entradoyou have entered
ele/elatem entradohe/she/it has entered
nóstemos entradowe have entered
vóstendes entradoyou (pl.) have entered
vocêstêm entradoyou (pl.) have entered
eles/elastêm entradothey have entered

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 entradoI had entered
tutinhas entradoyou had entered
vocêtinha entradoyou had entered
ele/elatinha entradohe/she/it had entered
nóstínhamos entradowe had entered
vóstínheis entradoyou (pl.) had entered
vocêstinham entradoyou (pl.) had entered
eles/elastinham entradothey had entered

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

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 entradoI will have entered
tuterás entradoyou will have entered
vocêterá entradoyou will have entered
ele/elaterá entradohe/she/it will have entered
nósteremos entradowe will have entered
vóstereis entradoyou (pl.) will have entered
vocêsterão entradoyou (pl.) will have entered
eles/elasterão entradothey will have entered

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
euentre
tuentres
vocêentre
ele/elaentre
nósentremos
vósentreis
vocêsentrem
eles/elasentrem

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
euentrasse
tuentrasses
vocêentrasse
ele/elaentrasse
nósentrássemos
vósentrásseis
vocêsentrassem
eles/elasentrassem

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
tuentra
vocêentre
ele/elaentre
nósentremos
vósentrai
vocêsentrem
eles/elasentrem

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 entres
vocênão entre
ele/elanão entre
nósnão entremos
vósnão entreis
vocêsnão entrem
eles/elasnão entrem