invocar — Portuguese conjugation

to invoke

Frequency#997Regular

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
euinvocoI invoke
tuinvocasyou invoke
vocêinvocayou invoke
ele/elainvocahe/she/it invokes
nósinvocamoswe invoke
vósinvocaisyou (pl.) invoke
vocêsinvocamyou (pl.) invoke
eles/elasinvocamthey invoke

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
euinvoqueiI invoked
tuinvocasteyou invoked
vocêinvocouyou invoked
ele/elainvocouhe/she/it invoked
nósinvocamoswe invoked
vósinvocastesyou (pl.) invoked
vocêsinvocaramyou (pl.) invoked
eles/elasinvocaramthey invoked

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
euinvocava
tuinvocavas
vocêinvocava
ele/elainvocava
nósinvocávamos
vósinvocáveis
vocêsinvocavam
eles/elasinvocavam

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
euinvocariaI would invoke
tuinvocariasyou would invoke
vocêinvocariayou would invoke
ele/elainvocariahe/she/it would invoke
nósinvocaríamoswe would invoke
vósinvocaríeisyou (pl.) would invoke
vocêsinvocariamyou (pl.) would invoke
eles/elasinvocariamthey would invoke

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
euinvocareiI will invoke
tuinvocarásyou will invoke
vocêinvocaráyou will invoke
ele/elainvocaráhe/she/it will invoke
nósinvocaremoswe will invoke
vósinvocareisyou (pl.) will invoke
vocêsinvocarãoyou (pl.) will invoke
eles/elasinvocarãothey will invoke

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 invocadoI have invoked
tutens invocadoyou have invoked
vocêtem invocadoyou have invoked
ele/elatem invocadohe/she/it has invoked
nóstemos invocadowe have invoked
vóstendes invocadoyou (pl.) have invoked
vocêstêm invocadoyou (pl.) have invoked
eles/elastêm invocadothey have invoked

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 invocadoI had invoked
tutinhas invocadoyou had invoked
vocêtinha invocadoyou had invoked
ele/elatinha invocadohe/she/it had invoked
nóstínhamos invocadowe had invoked
vóstínheis invocadoyou (pl.) had invoked
vocêstinham invocadoyou (pl.) had invoked
eles/elastinham invocadothey had invoked

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

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 invocadoI will have invoked
tuterás invocadoyou will have invoked
vocêterá invocadoyou will have invoked
ele/elaterá invocadohe/she/it will have invoked
nósteremos invocadowe will have invoked
vóstereis invocadoyou (pl.) will have invoked
vocêsterão invocadoyou (pl.) will have invoked
eles/elasterão invocadothey will have invoked

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
euinvoque
tuinvoques
vocêinvoque
ele/elainvoque
nósinvoquemos
vósinvoqueis
vocêsinvoquem
eles/elasinvoquem

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
euinvocasse
tuinvocasses
vocêinvocasse
ele/elainvocasse
nósinvocássemos
vósinvocásseis
vocêsinvocassem
eles/elasinvocassem

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
tuinvoca
vocêinvoque
ele/elainvoque
nósinvoquemos
vósinvocai
vocêsinvoquem
eles/elasinvoquem

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 invoques
vocênão invoque
ele/elanão invoque
nósnão invoquemos
vósnão invoqueis
vocêsnão invoquem
eles/elasnão invoquem