horrorizar-se — Portuguese conjugation

to be horrified

Frequency#1158Irregular

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
euhorrorizo-meI am horrified
tuhorrorizas-teyou are horrified
vocêhorroriza-seyou are horrified
ele/elahorroriza-sehe/she/it is horrified
nóshorrorizamo-noswe are horrified
vóshorrorizais-vosyou (pl.) are horrified
vocêshorrorizam-seyou (pl.) are horrified
eles/elashorrorizam-sethey are horrified

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
euhorrorizei-meI was horrified
tuhorrorizaste-teyou were horrified
vocêhorrorizou-seyou were horrified
ele/elahorrorizou-sehe/she/it was horrified
nóshorrorizamo-noswe were horrified
vóshorrorizastes-vosyou (pl.) were horrified
vocêshorrorizaram-seyou (pl.) were horrified
eles/elashorrorizaram-sethey were horrified

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
euhorrorizava-me
tuhorrorizavas-te
vocêhorrorizava-se
ele/elahorrorizava-se
nóshorrorizávamo-nos
vóshorrorizáveis-vos
vocêshorrorizavam-se
eles/elashorrorizavam-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
euhorrorizar-me-iaI would be horrified
tuhorrorizar-te-iasyou would be horrified
vocêhorrorizar-se-iayou would be horrified
ele/elahorrorizar-se-iahe/she/it would be horrified
nóshorrorizar-nos-íamoswe would be horrified
vóshorrorizar-vos-íeisyou (pl.) would be horrified
vocêshorrorizar-se-iamyou (pl.) would be horrified
eles/elashorrorizar-se-iamthey would be horrified

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
euhorrorizar-me-eiI will be horrified
tuhorrorizar-te-ásyou will be horrified
vocêhorrorizar-se-áyou will be horrified
ele/elahorrorizar-se-áhe/she/it will be horrified
nóshorrorizar-nos-emoswe will be horrified
vóshorrorizar-vos-eisyou (pl.) will be horrified
vocêshorrorizar-se-ãoyou (pl.) will be horrified
eles/elashorrorizar-se-ãothey will be horrified

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 horrorizadoI have been horrified
tutens horrorizadoyou have been horrified
vocêtem horrorizadoyou have been horrified
ele/elatem horrorizadohe/she/it has been horrified
nóstemos horrorizadowe have been horrified
vóstendes horrorizadoyou (pl.) have been horrified
vocêstêm horrorizadoyou (pl.) have been horrified
eles/elastêm horrorizadothey have been horrified

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 horrorizadoI had been horrified
tutinhas horrorizadoyou had been horrified
vocêtinha horrorizadoyou had been horrified
ele/elatinha horrorizadohe/she/it had been horrified
nóstínhamos horrorizadowe had been horrified
vóstínheis horrorizadoyou (pl.) had been horrified
vocêstinham horrorizadoyou (pl.) had been horrified
eles/elastinham horrorizadothey had been horrified

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

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 horrorizadoI will have been horrified
tuterás horrorizadoyou will have been horrified
vocêterá horrorizadoyou will have been horrified
ele/elaterá horrorizadohe/she/it will have been horrified
nósteremos horrorizadowe will have been horrified
vóstereis horrorizadoyou (pl.) will have been horrified
vocêsterão horrorizadoyou (pl.) will have been horrified
eles/elasterão horrorizadothey will have been horrified

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
euhorrorize-me
tuhorrorizes-te
vocêhorrorize-se
ele/elahorrorize-se
nóshorrorizemo-nos
vóshorrorizeis-vos
vocêshorrorizem-se
eles/elashorrorizem-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
euhorrorizasse-me
tuhorrorizasses-te
vocêhorrorizasse-se
ele/elahorrorizasse-se
nóshorrorizássemo-nos
vóshorrorizásseis-vos
vocêshorrorizassem-se
eles/elashorrorizassem-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
tuhorroriza-te
vocêhorrorize-se
ele/elahorrorize-se
nóshorrorizemo-nos
vóshorrorizai-vos
vocêshorrorizem-se
eles/elashorrorizem-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 horrorizes
vocênão se horrorize
ele/elanão se horrorize
nósnão nos horrorizemos
vósnão vos horrorizeis
vocêsnão se horrorizem
eles/elasnão se horrorizem