interagir — Portuguese conjugation

to interact

Frequency#610Regular

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
euinterajoI interact
tuinteragesyou interact
vocêinterageyou interact
ele/elainteragehe/she/it interacts
nósinteragimoswe interact
vósinteragisyou (pl.) interact
vocêsinteragemyou (pl.) interact
eles/elasinteragemthey interact

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
euinteragiI interacted
tuinteragisteyou interacted
vocêinteragiuyou interacted
ele/elainteragiuhe/she/it interacted
nósinteragimoswe interacted
vósinteragistesyou (pl.) interacted
vocêsinteragiramyou (pl.) interacted
eles/elasinteragiramthey interacted

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
euinteragia
tuinteragias
vocêinteragia
ele/elainteragia
nósinteragíamos
vósinteragíeis
vocêsinteragiam
eles/elasinteragiam

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
euinteragiriaI would interact
tuinteragiriasyou would interact
vocêinteragiriayou would interact
ele/elainteragiriahe/she/it would interact
nósinteragiríamoswe would interact
vósinteragiríeisyou (pl.) would interact
vocêsinteragiriamyou (pl.) would interact
eles/elasinteragiriamthey would interact

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
euinteragireiI will interact
tuinteragirásyou will interact
vocêinteragiráyou will interact
ele/elainteragiráhe/she/it will interact
nósinteragiremoswe will interact
vósinteragireisyou (pl.) will interact
vocêsinteragirãoyou (pl.) will interact
eles/elasinteragirãothey will interact

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 interagidoI have interacted
tutens interagidoyou have interacted
vocêtem interagidoyou have interacted
ele/elatem interagidohe/she/it has interacted
nóstemos interagidowe have interacted
vóstendes interagidoyou (pl.) have interacted
vocêstêm interagidoyou (pl.) have interacted
eles/elastêm interagidothey have interacted

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 interagidoI had interacted
tutinhas interagidoyou had interacted
vocêtinha interagidoyou had interacted
ele/elatinha interagidohe/she/it had interacted
nóstínhamos interagidowe had interacted
vóstínheis interagidoyou (pl.) had interacted
vocêstinham interagidoyou (pl.) had interacted
eles/elastinham interagidothey had interacted

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

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 interagidoI will have interacted
tuterás interagidoyou will have interacted
vocêterá interagidoyou will have interacted
ele/elaterá interagidohe/she/it will have interacted
nósteremos interagidowe will have interacted
vóstereis interagidoyou (pl.) will have interacted
vocêsterão interagidoyou (pl.) will have interacted
eles/elasterão interagidothey will have interacted

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
euinteraja
tuinterajas
vocêinteraja
ele/elainteraja
nósinterajamos
vósinterajais
vocêsinterajam
eles/elasinterajam

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
euinteragisse
tuinteragisses
vocêinteragisse
ele/elainteragisse
nósinteragíssemos
vósinteragísseis
vocêsinteragissem
eles/elasinteragissem

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
tuinterage
vocêinteraja
ele/elainteraja
nósinterajamos
vósinteragi
vocêsinterajam
eles/elasinterajam

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 interajas
vocênão interaja
ele/elanão interaja
nósnão interajamos
vósnão interajais
vocêsnão interajam
eles/elasnão interajam