estressar-se — Portuguese conjugation

to get stressed (Brazil)

Frequency#835Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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
euestresso-meI get stressed
tuestressas-teyou get stressed
vocêestressa-seyou get stressed
ele/elaestressa-sehe/she/it gets stressed
nósestressamo-noswe get stressed
vósestressais-vosyou (pl.) get stressed
vocêsestressam-seyou (pl.) get stressed
eles/elasestressam-sethey get stressed

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
euestressei-meI got stressed
tuestressaste-teyou got stressed
vocêestressou-seyou got stressed
ele/elaestressou-sehe/she/it got stressed
nósestressamo-noswe got stressed
vósestressastes-vosyou (pl.) got stressed
vocêsestressaram-seyou (pl.) got stressed
eles/elasestressaram-sethey got stressed

Imperfect (Pretérito imperfeito) Irregular

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
euestressava-me
tuestressavas-te
vocêestressava-se
ele/elaestressava-se
nósestressávamo-nos
vósestressáveis-vos
vocêsestressavam-se
eles/elasestressavam-se

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
euestressar-me-iaI would get stressed
tuestressar-te-iasyou would get stressed
vocêestressar-se-iayou would get stressed
ele/elaestressar-se-iahe/she/it would get stressed
nósestressar-nos-íamoswe would get stressed
vósestressar-vos-íeisyou (pl.) would get stressed
vocêsestressar-se-iamyou (pl.) would get stressed
eles/elasestressar-se-iamthey would get stressed

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
euestressar-me-eiI will get stressed
tuestressar-te-ásyou will get stressed
vocêestressar-se-áyou will get stressed
ele/elaestressar-se-áhe/she/it will get stressed
nósestressar-nos-emoswe will get stressed
vósestressar-vos-eisyou (pl.) will get stressed
vocêsestressar-se-ãoyou (pl.) will get stressed
eles/elasestressar-se-ãothey will get stressed

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 estressadoI have gotten stressed
tutens estressadoyou have gotten stressed
vocêtem estressadoyou have gotten stressed
ele/elatem estressadohe/she/it has gotten stressed
nóstemos estressadowe have gotten stressed
vóstendes estressadoyou (pl.) have gotten stressed
vocêstêm estressadoyou (pl.) have gotten stressed
eles/elastêm estressadothey have gotten stressed

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 estressadoI had gotten stressed
tutinhas estressadoyou had gotten stressed
vocêtinha estressadoyou had gotten stressed
ele/elatinha estressadohe/she/it had gotten stressed
nóstínhamos estressadowe had gotten stressed
vóstínheis estressadoyou (pl.) had gotten stressed
vocêstinham estressadoyou (pl.) had gotten stressed
eles/elastinham estressadothey had gotten stressed

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

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 estressadoI will have gotten stressed
tuterás estressadoyou will have gotten stressed
vocêterá estressadoyou will have gotten stressed
ele/elaterá estressadohe/she/it will have gotten stressed
nósteremos estressadowe will have gotten stressed
vóstereis estressadoyou (pl.) will have gotten stressed
vocêsterão estressadoyou (pl.) will have gotten stressed
eles/elasterão estressadothey will have gotten stressed

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
euestresse-me
tuestresses-te
vocêestresse-se
ele/elaestresse-se
nósestressemo-nos
vósestresseis-vos
vocêsestressem-se
eles/elasestressem-se

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
euestressasse-me
tuestressasses-te
vocêestressasse-se
ele/elaestressasse-se
nósestressássemo-nos
vósestressásseis-vos
vocêsestressassem-se
eles/elasestressassem-se

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
tuestressa-te
vocêestresse-se
ele/elaestresse-se
nósestressemo-nos
vósestressai-vos
vocêsestressem-se
eles/elasestressem-se

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 te estresses
vocênão se estresse
ele/elanão se estresse
nósnão nos estressemos
vósnão vos estresseis
vocêsnão se estressem
eles/elasnão se estressem