ferver — Portuguese conjugation

to boil

Frequency#983Regular

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
eufervoI boil
tufervesyou boil
vocêferveyou boil
ele/elafervehe/she/it boils
nósfervemoswe boil
vósferveisyou (pl.) boil
vocêsfervemyou (pl.) boil
eles/elasfervemthey boil

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
euferviI boiled
tufervesteyou boiled
vocêferveuyou boiled
ele/elaferveuhe/she/it boiled
nósfervemoswe boiled
vósfervestesyou (pl.) boiled
vocêsferveramyou (pl.) boiled
eles/elasferveramthey boiled

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
eufervia
tufervias
vocêfervia
ele/elafervia
nósfervíamos
vósfervíeis
vocêsferviam
eles/elasferviam

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
euferveriaI would boil
tuferveriasyou would boil
vocêferveriayou would boil
ele/elaferveriahe/she/it would boil
nósferveríamoswe would boil
vósferveríeisyou (pl.) would boil
vocêsferveriamyou (pl.) would boil
eles/elasferveriamthey would boil

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
eufervereiI will boil
tuferverásyou will boil
vocêferveráyou will boil
ele/elaferveráhe/she/it will boil
nósferveremoswe will boil
vósfervereisyou (pl.) will boil
vocêsferverãoyou (pl.) will boil
eles/elasferverãothey will boil

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 fervidoI have boiled
tutens fervidoyou have boiled
vocêtem fervidoyou have boiled
ele/elatem fervidohe/she/it has boiled
nóstemos fervidowe have boiled
vóstendes fervidoyou (pl.) have boiled
vocêstêm fervidoyou (pl.) have boiled
eles/elastêm fervidothey have boiled

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 fervidoI had boiled
tutinhas fervidoyou had boiled
vocêtinha fervidoyou had boiled
ele/elatinha fervidohe/she/it had boiled
nóstínhamos fervidowe had boiled
vóstínheis fervidoyou (pl.) had boiled
vocêstinham fervidoyou (pl.) had boiled
eles/elastinham fervidothey had boiled

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

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 fervidoI will have boiled
tuterás fervidoyou will have boiled
vocêterá fervidoyou will have boiled
ele/elaterá fervidohe/she/it will have boiled
nósteremos fervidowe will have boiled
vóstereis fervidoyou (pl.) will have boiled
vocêsterão fervidoyou (pl.) will have boiled
eles/elasterão fervidothey will have boiled

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
euferva
tufervas
vocêferva
ele/elaferva
nósfervamos
vósfervais
vocêsfervam
eles/elasfervam

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
eufervesse
tufervesses
vocêfervesse
ele/elafervesse
nósfervêssemos
vósfervêsseis
vocêsfervessem
eles/elasfervessem

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
tuferve
vocêferva
ele/elaferva
nósfervamos
vósfervei
vocêsfervam
eles/elasfervam

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 fervas
vocênão ferva
ele/elanão ferva
nósnão fervamos
vósnão fervais
vocêsnão fervam
eles/elasnão fervam