esfaquear — Portuguese conjugation

to stab

Frequency#1145Regular

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
euesfaqueioI stab
tuesfaqueiasyou stab
vocêesfaqueiayou stab
ele/elaesfaqueiahe/she/it stabs
nósesfaqueamoswe stab
vósesfaqueaisyou (pl.) stab
vocêsesfaqueiamyou (pl.) stab
eles/elasesfaqueiamthey stab

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
euesfaqueeiI stabbed
tuesfaqueasteyou stabbed
vocêesfaqueouyou stabbed
ele/elaesfaqueouhe/she/it stabbed
nósesfaqueamoswe stabbed
vósesfaqueastesyou (pl.) stabbed
vocêsesfaquearamyou (pl.) stabbed
eles/elasesfaquearamthey stabbed

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
euesfaqueava
tuesfaqueavas
vocêesfaqueava
ele/elaesfaqueava
nósesfaqueávamos
vósesfaqueáveis
vocêsesfaqueavam
eles/elasesfaqueavam

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
euesfaqueariaI would stab
tuesfaqueariasyou would stab
vocêesfaqueariayou would stab
ele/elaesfaqueariahe/she/it would stab
nósesfaquearíamoswe would stab
vósesfaquearíeisyou (pl.) would stab
vocêsesfaqueariamyou (pl.) would stab
eles/elasesfaqueariamthey would stab

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
euesfaqueareiI will stab
tuesfaquearásyou will stab
vocêesfaquearáyou will stab
ele/elaesfaquearáhe/she/it will stab
nósesfaquearemoswe will stab
vósesfaqueareisyou (pl.) will stab
vocêsesfaquearãoyou (pl.) will stab
eles/elasesfaquearãothey will stab

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 esfaqueadoI have stabbed
tutens esfaqueadoyou have stabbed
vocêtem esfaqueadoyou have stabbed
ele/elatem esfaqueadohe/she/it has stabbed
nóstemos esfaqueadowe have stabbed
vóstendes esfaqueadoyou (pl.) have stabbed
vocêstêm esfaqueadoyou (pl.) have stabbed
eles/elastêm esfaqueadothey have stabbed

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 esfaqueadoI had stabbed
tutinhas esfaqueadoyou had stabbed
vocêtinha esfaqueadoyou had stabbed
ele/elatinha esfaqueadohe/she/it had stabbed
nóstínhamos esfaqueadowe had stabbed
vóstínheis esfaqueadoyou (pl.) had stabbed
vocêstinham esfaqueadoyou (pl.) had stabbed
eles/elastinham esfaqueadothey had stabbed

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

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 esfaqueadoI will have stabbed
tuterás esfaqueadoyou will have stabbed
vocêterá esfaqueadoyou will have stabbed
ele/elaterá esfaqueadohe/she/it will have stabbed
nósteremos esfaqueadowe will have stabbed
vóstereis esfaqueadoyou (pl.) will have stabbed
vocêsterão esfaqueadoyou (pl.) will have stabbed
eles/elasterão esfaqueadothey will have stabbed

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
euesfaqueie
tuesfaqueies
vocêesfaqueie
ele/elaesfaqueie
nósesfaqueemos
vósesfaqueeis
vocêsesfaqueiem
eles/elasesfaqueiem

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
euesfaqueasse
tuesfaqueasses
vocêesfaqueasse
ele/elaesfaqueasse
nósesfaqueássemos
vósesfaqueásseis
vocêsesfaqueassem
eles/elasesfaqueassem

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
tuesfaqueia
vocêesfaqueie
ele/elaesfaqueie
nósesfaqueemos
vósesfaqueai
vocêsesfaqueiem
eles/elasesfaqueiem

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 esfaqueies
vocênão esfaqueie
ele/elanão esfaqueie
nósnão esfaqueemos
vósnão esfaqueeis
vocêsnão esfaqueiem
eles/elasnão esfaqueiem