etiquetar — Portuguese conjugation

to label

Frequency#967Irregular

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
euetiquetoI label
tuetiquetasyou label
vocêetiquetayou label
ele/elaetiquetahe/she/it labels
nósetiquetamoswe label
vósetiquetaisyou (pl.) label
vocêsetiquetamyou (pl.) label
eles/elasetiquetamthey label

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
euetiqueteiI labelled
tuetiquetasteyou labelled
vocêetiquetouyou labelled
ele/elaetiquetouhe/she/it labelled
nósetiquetamoswe labelled
vósetiquetastesyou (pl.) labelled
vocêsetiquetaramyou (pl.) labelled
eles/elasetiquetaramthey labelled

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
euetiquetava
tuetiquetavas
vocêetiquetava
ele/elaetiquetava
nósetiquetávamos
vósetiquetáveis
vocêsetiquetavam
eles/elasetiquetavam

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
euetiquetariaI would label
tuetiquetariasyou would label
vocêetiquetariayou would label
ele/elaetiquetariahe/she/it would label
nósetiquetaríamoswe would label
vósetiquetaríeisyou (pl.) would label
vocêsetiquetariamyou (pl.) would label
eles/elasetiquetariamthey would label

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
euetiquetareiI will label
tuetiquetarásyou will label
vocêetiquetaráyou will label
ele/elaetiquetaráhe/she/it will label
nósetiquetaremoswe will label
vósetiquetareisyou (pl.) will label
vocêsetiquetarãoyou (pl.) will label
eles/elasetiquetarãothey will label

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 etiquetadoI have labelled
tutens etiquetadoyou have labelled
vocêtem etiquetadoyou have labelled
ele/elatem etiquetadohe/she/it has labelled
nóstemos etiquetadowe have labelled
vóstendes etiquetadoyou (pl.) have labelled
vocêstêm etiquetadoyou (pl.) have labelled
eles/elastêm etiquetadothey have labelled

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 etiquetadoI had labelled
tutinhas etiquetadoyou had labelled
vocêtinha etiquetadoyou had labelled
ele/elatinha etiquetadohe/she/it had labelled
nóstínhamos etiquetadowe had labelled
vóstínheis etiquetadoyou (pl.) had labelled
vocêstinham etiquetadoyou (pl.) had labelled
eles/elastinham etiquetadothey had labelled

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

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 etiquetadoI will have labelled
tuterás etiquetadoyou will have labelled
vocêterá etiquetadoyou will have labelled
ele/elaterá etiquetadohe/she/it will have labelled
nósteremos etiquetadowe will have labelled
vóstereis etiquetadoyou (pl.) will have labelled
vocêsterão etiquetadoyou (pl.) will have labelled
eles/elasterão etiquetadothey will have labelled

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
euetiquete
tuetiquetes
vocêetiquete
ele/elaetiquete
nósetiquetemos
vósetiqueteis
vocêsetiquetem
eles/elasetiquetem

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
euetiquetasse
tuetiquetasses
vocêetiquetasse
ele/elaetiquetasse
nósetiquetássemos
vósetiquetásseis
vocêsetiquetassem
eles/elasetiquetassem

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
tuetiqueta
vocêetiquete
ele/elaetiquete
nósetiquetemos
vósetiquetai
vocêsetiquetem
eles/elasetiquetem

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 etiquetes
vocênão etiquete
ele/elanão etiquete
nósnão etiquetemos
vósnão etiqueteis
vocêsnão etiquetem
eles/elasnão etiquetem