litigar — Portuguese conjugation
to litigate
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | litigo | I litigate |
| tu | litigas | you litigate |
| você | litiga | you litigate |
| ele/ela | litiga | he/she/it litigates |
| nós | litigamos | we litigate |
| vós | litigais | you (pl.) litigate |
| vocês | litigam | you (pl.) litigate |
| eles/elas | litigam | they litigate |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | litiguei | I litigated |
| tu | litigaste | you litigated |
| você | litigou | you litigated |
| ele/ela | litigou | he/she/it litigated |
| nós | litigamos | we litigated |
| vós | litigastes | you (pl.) litigated |
| vocês | litigaram | you (pl.) litigated |
| eles/elas | litigaram | they litigated |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | litigava |
| tu | litigavas |
| você | litigava |
| ele/ela | litigava |
| nós | litigávamos |
| vós | litigáveis |
| vocês | litigavam |
| eles/elas | litigavam |
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?
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | litigaria | I would litigate |
| tu | litigarias | you would litigate |
| você | litigaria | you would litigate |
| ele/ela | litigaria | he/she/it would litigate |
| nós | litigaríamos | we would litigate |
| vós | litigaríeis | you (pl.) would litigate |
| vocês | litigariam | you (pl.) would litigate |
| eles/elas | litigariam | they would litigate |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | litigarei | I will litigate |
| tu | litigarás | you will litigate |
| você | litigará | you will litigate |
| ele/ela | litigará | he/she/it will litigate |
| nós | litigaremos | we will litigate |
| vós | litigareis | you (pl.) will litigate |
| vocês | litigarão | you (pl.) will litigate |
| eles/elas | litigarão | they will litigate |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tenho litigado | I have litigated |
| tu | tens litigado | you have litigated |
| você | tem litigado | you have litigated |
| ele/ela | tem litigado | he/she/it has litigated |
| nós | temos litigado | we have litigated |
| vós | tendes litigado | you (pl.) have litigated |
| vocês | têm litigado | you (pl.) have litigated |
| eles/elas | têm litigado | they have litigated |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tinha litigado | I had litigated |
| tu | tinhas litigado | you had litigated |
| você | tinha litigado | you had litigated |
| ele/ela | tinha litigado | he/she/it had litigated |
| nós | tínhamos litigado | we had litigated |
| vós | tínheis litigado | you (pl.) had litigated |
| vocês | tinham litigado | you (pl.) had litigated |
| eles/elas | tinham litigado | they had litigated |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | teria litigado |
| tu | terias litigado |
| você | teria litigado |
| ele/ela | teria litigado |
| nós | teríamos litigado |
| vós | teríeis litigado |
| vocês | teriam litigado |
| eles/elas | teriam litigado |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | terei litigado | I will have litigated |
| tu | terás litigado | you will have litigated |
| você | terá litigado | you will have litigated |
| ele/ela | terá litigado | he/she/it will have litigated |
| nós | teremos litigado | we will have litigated |
| vós | tereis litigado | you (pl.) will have litigated |
| vocês | terão litigado | you (pl.) will have litigated |
| eles/elas | terão litigado | they will have litigated |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | litigue |
| tu | litigues |
| você | litigue |
| ele/ela | litigue |
| nós | litiguemos |
| vós | litigueis |
| vocês | litiguem |
| eles/elas | litiguem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | litigasse |
| tu | litigasses |
| você | litigasse |
| ele/ela | litigasse |
| nós | litigássemos |
| vós | litigásseis |
| vocês | litigassem |
| eles/elas | litigassem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | litiga |
| você | litigue |
| ele/ela | litigue |
| nós | litiguemos |
| vós | litigai |
| vocês | litiguem |
| eles/elas | litiguem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | não litigues |
| você | não litigue |
| ele/ela | não litigue |
| nós | não litiguemos |
| vós | não litigueis |
| vocês | não litiguem |
| eles/elas | não litiguem |