hipotetizar — Portuguese conjugation

to hypothesize

Frequency#341Irregular

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
euhipotetizoI hypothesize
tuhipotetizasyou hypothesize
vocêhipotetizayou hypothesize
ele/elahipotetizahe/she/it hypothesizes
nóshipotetizamoswe hypothesize
vóshipotetizaisyou (pl.) hypothesize
vocêshipotetizamyou (pl.) hypothesize
eles/elashipotetizamthey hypothesize

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
euhipotetizeiI hypothesized
tuhipotetizasteyou hypothesized
vocêhipotetizouyou hypothesized
ele/elahipotetizouhe/she/it hypothesized
nóshipotetizamoswe hypothesized
vóshipotetizastesyou (pl.) hypothesized
vocêshipotetizaramyou (pl.) hypothesized
eles/elashipotetizaramthey hypothesized

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
euhipotetizava
tuhipotetizavas
vocêhipotetizava
ele/elahipotetizava
nóshipotetizávamos
vóshipotetizáveis
vocêshipotetizavam
eles/elashipotetizavam

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
euhipotetizariaI would hypothesize
tuhipotetizariasyou would hypothesize
vocêhipotetizariayou would hypothesize
ele/elahipotetizariahe/she/it would hypothesize
nóshipotetizaríamoswe would hypothesize
vóshipotetizaríeisyou (pl.) would hypothesize
vocêshipotetizariamyou (pl.) would hypothesize
eles/elashipotetizariamthey would hypothesize

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
euhipotetizareiI will hypothesize
tuhipotetizarásyou will hypothesize
vocêhipotetizaráyou will hypothesize
ele/elahipotetizaráhe/she/it will hypothesize
nóshipotetizaremoswe will hypothesize
vóshipotetizareisyou (pl.) will hypothesize
vocêshipotetizarãoyou (pl.) will hypothesize
eles/elashipotetizarãothey will hypothesize

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 hipotetizadoI have hypothesized
tutens hipotetizadoyou have hypothesized
vocêtem hipotetizadoyou have hypothesized
ele/elatem hipotetizadohe/she/it has hypothesized
nóstemos hipotetizadowe have hypothesized
vóstendes hipotetizadoyou (pl.) have hypothesized
vocêstêm hipotetizadoyou (pl.) have hypothesized
eles/elastêm hipotetizadothey have hypothesized

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 hipotetizadoI had hypothesized
tutinhas hipotetizadoyou had hypothesized
vocêtinha hipotetizadoyou had hypothesized
ele/elatinha hipotetizadohe/she/it had hypothesized
nóstínhamos hipotetizadowe had hypothesized
vóstínheis hipotetizadoyou (pl.) had hypothesized
vocêstinham hipotetizadoyou (pl.) had hypothesized
eles/elastinham hipotetizadothey had hypothesized

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

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 hipotetizadoI will have hypothesized
tuterás hipotetizadoyou will have hypothesized
vocêterá hipotetizadoyou will have hypothesized
ele/elaterá hipotetizadohe/she/it will have hypothesized
nósteremos hipotetizadowe will have hypothesized
vóstereis hipotetizadoyou (pl.) will have hypothesized
vocêsterão hipotetizadoyou (pl.) will have hypothesized
eles/elasterão hipotetizadothey will have hypothesized

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
euhipotetize
tuhipotetizes
vocêhipotetize
ele/elahipotetize
nóshipotetizemos
vóshipotetizeis
vocêshipotetizem
eles/elashipotetizem

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
euhipotetizasse
tuhipotetizasses
vocêhipotetizasse
ele/elahipotetizasse
nóshipotetizássemos
vóshipotetizásseis
vocêshipotetizassem
eles/elashipotetizassem

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
tuhipotetiza
vocêhipotetize
ele/elahipotetize
nóshipotetizemos
vóshipotetizai
vocêshipotetizem
eles/elashipotetizem

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 hipotetizes
vocênão hipotetize
ele/elanão hipotetize
nósnão hipotetizemos
vósnão hipotetizeis
vocêsnão hipotetizem
eles/elasnão hipotetizem