intimidar — Portuguese conjugation

to intimidate

Frequency#673Regular

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
euintimidoI intimidate
tuintimidasyou intimidate
vocêintimidayou intimidate
ele/elaintimidahe/she/it intimidates
nósintimidamoswe intimidate
vósintimidaisyou (pl.) intimidate
vocêsintimidamyou (pl.) intimidate
eles/elasintimidamthey intimidate

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
euintimideiI intimidated
tuintimidasteyou intimidated
vocêintimidouyou intimidated
ele/elaintimidouhe/she/it intimidated
nósintimidamoswe intimidated
vósintimidastesyou (pl.) intimidated
vocêsintimidaramyou (pl.) intimidated
eles/elasintimidaramthey intimidated

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
euintimidava
tuintimidavas
vocêintimidava
ele/elaintimidava
nósintimidávamos
vósintimidáveis
vocêsintimidavam
eles/elasintimidavam

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
euintimidariaI would intimidate
tuintimidariasyou would intimidate
vocêintimidariayou would intimidate
ele/elaintimidariahe/she/it would intimidate
nósintimidaríamoswe would intimidate
vósintimidaríeisyou (pl.) would intimidate
vocêsintimidariamyou (pl.) would intimidate
eles/elasintimidariamthey would intimidate

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
euintimidareiI will intimidate
tuintimidarásyou will intimidate
vocêintimidaráyou will intimidate
ele/elaintimidaráhe/she/it will intimidate
nósintimidaremoswe will intimidate
vósintimidareisyou (pl.) will intimidate
vocêsintimidarãoyou (pl.) will intimidate
eles/elasintimidarãothey will intimidate

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 intimidadoI have intimidated
tutens intimidadoyou have intimidated
vocêtem intimidadoyou have intimidated
ele/elatem intimidadohe/she/it has intimidated
nóstemos intimidadowe have intimidated
vóstendes intimidadoyou (pl.) have intimidated
vocêstêm intimidadoyou (pl.) have intimidated
eles/elastêm intimidadothey have intimidated

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 intimidadoI had intimidated
tutinhas intimidadoyou had intimidated
vocêtinha intimidadoyou had intimidated
ele/elatinha intimidadohe/she/it had intimidated
nóstínhamos intimidadowe had intimidated
vóstínheis intimidadoyou (pl.) had intimidated
vocêstinham intimidadoyou (pl.) had intimidated
eles/elastinham intimidadothey had intimidated

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

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 intimidadoI will have intimidated
tuterás intimidadoyou will have intimidated
vocêterá intimidadoyou will have intimidated
ele/elaterá intimidadohe/she/it will have intimidated
nósteremos intimidadowe will have intimidated
vóstereis intimidadoyou (pl.) will have intimidated
vocêsterão intimidadoyou (pl.) will have intimidated
eles/elasterão intimidadothey will have intimidated

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
euintimide
tuintimides
vocêintimide
ele/elaintimide
nósintimidemos
vósintimideis
vocêsintimidem
eles/elasintimidem

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
euintimidasse
tuintimidasses
vocêintimidasse
ele/elaintimidasse
nósintimidássemos
vósintimidásseis
vocêsintimidassem
eles/elasintimidassem

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
tuintimida
vocêintimide
ele/elaintimide
nósintimidemos
vósintimidai
vocêsintimidem
eles/elasintimidem

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 intimides
vocênão intimide
ele/elanão intimide
nósnão intimidemos
vósnão intimideis
vocêsnão intimidem
eles/elasnão intimidem