filtrar — Portuguese conjugation

to filter (sort, sift, or isolate)

Frequency#641Irregular

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
eufiltroI filter
tufiltrasyou filter
vocêfiltrayou filter
ele/elafiltrahe/she/it filters
nósfiltramoswe filter
vósfiltraisyou (pl.) filter
vocêsfiltramyou (pl.) filter
eles/elasfiltramthey filter

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
eufiltreiI filtered
tufiltrasteyou filtered
vocêfiltrouyou filtered
ele/elafiltrouhe/she/it filtered
nósfiltramoswe filtered
vósfiltrastesyou (pl.) filtered
vocêsfiltraramyou (pl.) filtered
eles/elasfiltraramthey filtered

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
eufiltrava
tufiltravas
vocêfiltrava
ele/elafiltrava
nósfiltrávamos
vósfiltráveis
vocêsfiltravam
eles/elasfiltravam

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
eufiltrariaI would filter
tufiltrariasyou would filter
vocêfiltrariayou would filter
ele/elafiltrariahe/she/it would filter
nósfiltraríamoswe would filter
vósfiltraríeisyou (pl.) would filter
vocêsfiltrariamyou (pl.) would filter
eles/elasfiltrariamthey would filter

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
eufiltrareiI will filter
tufiltrarásyou will filter
vocêfiltraráyou will filter
ele/elafiltraráhe/she/it will filter
nósfiltraremoswe will filter
vósfiltrareisyou (pl.) will filter
vocêsfiltrarãoyou (pl.) will filter
eles/elasfiltrarãothey will filter

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 filtradoI have filtered
tutens filtradoyou have filtered
vocêtem filtradoyou have filtered
ele/elatem filtradohe/she/it has filtered
nóstemos filtradowe have filtered
vóstendes filtradoyou (pl.) have filtered
vocêstêm filtradoyou (pl.) have filtered
eles/elastêm filtradothey have filtered

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 filtradoI had filtered
tutinhas filtradoyou had filtered
vocêtinha filtradoyou had filtered
ele/elatinha filtradohe/she/it had filtered
nóstínhamos filtradowe had filtered
vóstínheis filtradoyou (pl.) had filtered
vocêstinham filtradoyou (pl.) had filtered
eles/elastinham filtradothey had filtered

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

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 filtradoI will have filtered
tuterás filtradoyou will have filtered
vocêterá filtradoyou will have filtered
ele/elaterá filtradohe/she/it will have filtered
nósteremos filtradowe will have filtered
vóstereis filtradoyou (pl.) will have filtered
vocêsterão filtradoyou (pl.) will have filtered
eles/elasterão filtradothey will have filtered

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
eufiltre
tufiltres
vocêfiltre
ele/elafiltre
nósfiltremos
vósfiltreis
vocêsfiltrem
eles/elasfiltrem

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
eufiltrasse
tufiltrasses
vocêfiltrasse
ele/elafiltrasse
nósfiltrássemos
vósfiltrásseis
vocêsfiltrassem
eles/elasfiltrassem

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
tufiltra
vocêfiltre
ele/elafiltre
nósfiltremos
vósfiltrai
vocêsfiltrem
eles/elasfiltrem

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 filtres
vocênão filtre
ele/elanão filtre
nósnão filtremos
vósnão filtreis
vocêsnão filtrem
eles/elasnão filtrem