humilhar — Portuguese conjugation

to humiliate, to injure dignity or self-respect

Frequency#996Irregular

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
euhumilhoI humiliate
tuhumilhasyou humiliate
vocêhumilhayou humiliate
ele/elahumilhahe/she/it humiliates
nóshumilhamoswe humiliate
vóshumilhaisyou (pl.) humiliate
vocêshumilhamyou (pl.) humiliate
eles/elashumilhamthey humiliate

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
euhumilheiI humiliated
tuhumilhasteyou humiliated
vocêhumilhouyou humiliated
ele/elahumilhouhe/she/it humiliated
nóshumilhamoswe humiliated
vóshumilhastesyou (pl.) humiliated
vocêshumilharamyou (pl.) humiliated
eles/elashumilharamthey humiliated

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
euhumilhava
tuhumilhavas
vocêhumilhava
ele/elahumilhava
nóshumilhávamos
vóshumilháveis
vocêshumilhavam
eles/elashumilhavam

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
euhumilhariaI would humiliate
tuhumilhariasyou would humiliate
vocêhumilhariayou would humiliate
ele/elahumilhariahe/she/it would humiliate
nóshumilharíamoswe would humiliate
vóshumilharíeisyou (pl.) would humiliate
vocêshumilhariamyou (pl.) would humiliate
eles/elashumilhariamthey would humiliate

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
euhumilhareiI will humiliate
tuhumilharásyou will humiliate
vocêhumilharáyou will humiliate
ele/elahumilharáhe/she/it will humiliate
nóshumilharemoswe will humiliate
vóshumilhareisyou (pl.) will humiliate
vocêshumilharãoyou (pl.) will humiliate
eles/elashumilharãothey will humiliate

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 humilhadoI have humiliated
tutens humilhadoyou have humiliated
vocêtem humilhadoyou have humiliated
ele/elatem humilhadohe/she/it has humiliated
nóstemos humilhadowe have humiliated
vóstendes humilhadoyou (pl.) have humiliated
vocêstêm humilhadoyou (pl.) have humiliated
eles/elastêm humilhadothey have humiliated

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 humilhadoI had humiliated
tutinhas humilhadoyou had humiliated
vocêtinha humilhadoyou had humiliated
ele/elatinha humilhadohe/she/it had humiliated
nóstínhamos humilhadowe had humiliated
vóstínheis humilhadoyou (pl.) had humiliated
vocêstinham humilhadoyou (pl.) had humiliated
eles/elastinham humilhadothey had humiliated

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

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 humilhadoI will have humiliated
tuterás humilhadoyou will have humiliated
vocêterá humilhadoyou will have humiliated
ele/elaterá humilhadohe/she/it will have humiliated
nósteremos humilhadowe will have humiliated
vóstereis humilhadoyou (pl.) will have humiliated
vocêsterão humilhadoyou (pl.) will have humiliated
eles/elasterão humilhadothey will have humiliated

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
euhumilhe
tuhumilhes
vocêhumilhe
ele/elahumilhe
nóshumilhemos
vóshumilheis
vocêshumilhem
eles/elashumilhem

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
euhumilhasse
tuhumilhasses
vocêhumilhasse
ele/elahumilhasse
nóshumilhássemos
vóshumilhásseis
vocêshumilhassem
eles/elashumilhassem

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
tuhumilha
vocêhumilhe
ele/elahumilhe
nóshumilhemos
vóshumilhai
vocêshumilhem
eles/elashumilhem

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 humilhes
vocênão humilhe
ele/elanão humilhe
nósnão humilhemos
vósnão humilheis
vocêsnão humilhem
eles/elasnão humilhem