inspeccionar — Portuguese conjugation

to inspect

Frequency#1168Regular

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
euinspeccionoI inspect
tuinspeccionasyou inspect
vocêinspeccionayou inspect
ele/elainspeccionahe/she/it inspects
nósinspeccionamoswe inspect
vósinspeccionaisyou (pl.) inspect
vocêsinspeccionamyou (pl.) inspect
eles/elasinspeccionamthey inspect

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
euinspeccioneiI inspected
tuinspeccionasteyou inspected
vocêinspeccionouyou inspected
ele/elainspeccionouhe/she/it inspected
nósinspeccionamoswe inspected
vósinspeccionastesyou (pl.) inspected
vocêsinspeccionaramyou (pl.) inspected
eles/elasinspeccionaramthey inspected

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
euinspeccionava
tuinspeccionavas
vocêinspeccionava
ele/elainspeccionava
nósinspeccionávamos
vósinspeccionáveis
vocêsinspeccionavam
eles/elasinspeccionavam

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
euinspeccionariaI would inspect
tuinspeccionariasyou would inspect
vocêinspeccionariayou would inspect
ele/elainspeccionariahe/she/it would inspect
nósinspeccionaríamoswe would inspect
vósinspeccionaríeisyou (pl.) would inspect
vocêsinspeccionariamyou (pl.) would inspect
eles/elasinspeccionariamthey would inspect

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
euinspeccionareiI will inspect
tuinspeccionarásyou will inspect
vocêinspeccionaráyou will inspect
ele/elainspeccionaráhe/she/it will inspect
nósinspeccionaremoswe will inspect
vósinspeccionareisyou (pl.) will inspect
vocêsinspeccionarãoyou (pl.) will inspect
eles/elasinspeccionarãothey will inspect

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 inspeccionadoI have inspected
tutens inspeccionadoyou have inspected
vocêtem inspeccionadoyou have inspected
ele/elatem inspeccionadohe/she/it has inspected
nóstemos inspeccionadowe have inspected
vóstendes inspeccionadoyou (pl.) have inspected
vocêstêm inspeccionadoyou (pl.) have inspected
eles/elastêm inspeccionadothey have inspected

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 inspeccionadoI had inspected
tutinhas inspeccionadoyou had inspected
vocêtinha inspeccionadoyou had inspected
ele/elatinha inspeccionadohe/she/it had inspected
nóstínhamos inspeccionadowe had inspected
vóstínheis inspeccionadoyou (pl.) had inspected
vocêstinham inspeccionadoyou (pl.) had inspected
eles/elastinham inspeccionadothey had inspected

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

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 inspeccionadoI will have inspected
tuterás inspeccionadoyou will have inspected
vocêterá inspeccionadoyou will have inspected
ele/elaterá inspeccionadohe/she/it will have inspected
nósteremos inspeccionadowe will have inspected
vóstereis inspeccionadoyou (pl.) will have inspected
vocêsterão inspeccionadoyou (pl.) will have inspected
eles/elasterão inspeccionadothey will have inspected

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
euinspeccione
tuinspecciones
vocêinspeccione
ele/elainspeccione
nósinspeccionemos
vósinspeccioneis
vocêsinspeccionem
eles/elasinspeccionem

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
euinspeccionasse
tuinspeccionasses
vocêinspeccionasse
ele/elainspeccionasse
nósinspeccionássemos
vósinspeccionásseis
vocêsinspeccionassem
eles/elasinspeccionassem

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
tuinspecciona
vocêinspeccione
ele/elainspeccione
nósinspeccionemos
vósinspeccionai
vocêsinspeccionem
eles/elasinspeccionem

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 inspecciones
vocênão inspeccione
ele/elanão inspeccione
nósnão inspeccionemos
vósnão inspeccioneis
vocêsnão inspeccionem
eles/elasnão inspeccionem