irritar — Portuguese conjugation

to irritate

Frequency#998Irregular

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
euirritoI irritate
tuirritasyou irritate
vocêirritayou irritate
ele/elairritahe/she/it irritates
nósirritamoswe irritate
vósirritaisyou (pl.) irritate
vocêsirritamyou (pl.) irritate
eles/elasirritamthey irritate

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
euirriteiI irritated
tuirritasteyou irritated
vocêirritouyou irritated
ele/elairritouhe/she/it irritated
nósirritamoswe irritated
vósirritastesyou (pl.) irritated
vocêsirritaramyou (pl.) irritated
eles/elasirritaramthey irritated

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
euirritava
tuirritavas
vocêirritava
ele/elairritava
nósirritávamos
vósirritáveis
vocêsirritavam
eles/elasirritavam

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
euirritariaI would irritate
tuirritariasyou would irritate
vocêirritariayou would irritate
ele/elairritariahe/she/it would irritate
nósirritaríamoswe would irritate
vósirritaríeisyou (pl.) would irritate
vocêsirritariamyou (pl.) would irritate
eles/elasirritariamthey would irritate

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
euirritareiI will irritate
tuirritarásyou will irritate
vocêirritaráyou will irritate
ele/elairritaráhe/she/it will irritate
nósirritaremoswe will irritate
vósirritareisyou (pl.) will irritate
vocêsirritarãoyou (pl.) will irritate
eles/elasirritarãothey will irritate

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 irritadoI have irritated
tutens irritadoyou have irritated
vocêtem irritadoyou have irritated
ele/elatem irritadohe/she/it has irritated
nóstemos irritadowe have irritated
vóstendes irritadoyou (pl.) have irritated
vocêstêm irritadoyou (pl.) have irritated
eles/elastêm irritadothey have irritated

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 irritadoI had irritated
tutinhas irritadoyou had irritated
vocêtinha irritadoyou had irritated
ele/elatinha irritadohe/she/it had irritated
nóstínhamos irritadowe had irritated
vóstínheis irritadoyou (pl.) had irritated
vocêstinham irritadoyou (pl.) had irritated
eles/elastinham irritadothey had irritated

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

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 irritadoI will have irritated
tuterás irritadoyou will have irritated
vocêterá irritadoyou will have irritated
ele/elaterá irritadohe/she/it will have irritated
nósteremos irritadowe will have irritated
vóstereis irritadoyou (pl.) will have irritated
vocêsterão irritadoyou (pl.) will have irritated
eles/elasterão irritadothey will have irritated

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
euirrite
tuirrites
vocêirrite
ele/elairrite
nósirritemos
vósirriteis
vocêsirritem
eles/elasirritem

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
euirritasse
tuirritasses
vocêirritasse
ele/elairritasse
nósirritássemos
vósirritásseis
vocêsirritassem
eles/elasirritassem

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
tuirrita
vocêirrite
ele/elairrite
nósirritemos
vósirritai
vocêsirritem
eles/elasirritem

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 irrites
vocênão irrite
ele/elanão irrite
nósnão irritemos
vósnão irriteis
vocêsnão irritem
eles/elasnão irritem