estender — Portuguese conjugation

to extend; to broaden; to widen (to increase in extent or size)

Frequency#377Regular

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
euestendoI extend
tuestendesyou extend
vocêestendeyou extend
ele/elaestendehe/she/it extends
nósestendemoswe extend
vósestendeisyou (pl.) extend
vocêsestendemyou (pl.) extend
eles/elasestendemthey extend

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
euestendiI extended
tuestendesteyou extended
vocêestendeuyou extended
ele/elaestendeuhe/she/it extended
nósestendemoswe extended
vósestendestesyou (pl.) extended
vocêsestenderamyou (pl.) extended
eles/elasestenderamthey extended

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
euestendia
tuestendias
vocêestendia
ele/elaestendia
nósestendíamos
vósestendíeis
vocêsestendiam
eles/elasestendiam

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
euestenderiaI would extend
tuestenderiasyou would extend
vocêestenderiayou would extend
ele/elaestenderiahe/she/it would extend
nósestenderíamoswe would extend
vósestenderíeisyou (pl.) would extend
vocêsestenderiamyou (pl.) would extend
eles/elasestenderiamthey would extend

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
euestendereiI will extend
tuestenderásyou will extend
vocêestenderáyou will extend
ele/elaestenderáhe/she/it will extend
nósestenderemoswe will extend
vósestendereisyou (pl.) will extend
vocêsestenderãoyou (pl.) will extend
eles/elasestenderãothey will extend

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 estendidoI have extended
tutens estendidoyou have extended
vocêtem estendidoyou have extended
ele/elatem estendidohe/she/it has extended
nóstemos estendidowe have extended
vóstendes estendidoyou (pl.) have extended
vocêstêm estendidoyou (pl.) have extended
eles/elastêm estendidothey have extended

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 estendidoI had extended
tutinhas estendidoyou had extended
vocêtinha estendidoyou had extended
ele/elatinha estendidohe/she/it had extended
nóstínhamos estendidowe had extended
vóstínheis estendidoyou (pl.) had extended
vocêstinham estendidoyou (pl.) had extended
eles/elastinham estendidothey had extended

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

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 estendidoI will have extended
tuterás estendidoyou will have extended
vocêterá estendidoyou will have extended
ele/elaterá estendidohe/she/it will have extended
nósteremos estendidowe will have extended
vóstereis estendidoyou (pl.) will have extended
vocêsterão estendidoyou (pl.) will have extended
eles/elasterão estendidothey will have extended

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
euestenda
tuestendas
vocêestenda
ele/elaestenda
nósestendamos
vósestendais
vocêsestendam
eles/elasestendam

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
euestendesse
tuestendesses
vocêestendesse
ele/elaestendesse
nósestendêssemos
vósestendêsseis
vocêsestendessem
eles/elasestendessem

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
tuestende
vocêestenda
ele/elaestenda
nósestendamos
vósestendei
vocêsestendam
eles/elasestendam

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 estendas
vocênão estenda
ele/elanão estenda
nósnão estendamos
vósnão estendais
vocêsnão estendam
eles/elasnão estendam