mandar — Portuguese conjugation

to send

Frequency#544Irregular

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
eumandoI send
tumandasyou send
vocêmandayou send
ele/elamandahe/she/it sends
nósmandamoswe send
vósmandaisyou (pl.) send
vocêsmandamyou (pl.) send
eles/elasmandamthey send

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
eumandeiI sent
tumandasteyou sent
vocêmandouyou sent
ele/elamandouhe/she/it sent
nósmandamoswe sent
vósmandastesyou (pl.) sent
vocêsmandaramyou (pl.) sent
eles/elasmandaramthey sent

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
eumandava
tumandavas
vocêmandava
ele/elamandava
nósmandávamos
vósmandáveis
vocêsmandavam
eles/elasmandavam

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
eumandariaI would send
tumandariasyou would send
vocêmandariayou would send
ele/elamandariahe/she/it would send
nósmandaríamoswe would send
vósmandaríeisyou (pl.) would send
vocêsmandariamyou (pl.) would send
eles/elasmandariamthey would send

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
eumandareiI will send
tumandarásyou will send
vocêmandaráyou will send
ele/elamandaráhe/she/it will send
nósmandaremoswe will send
vósmandareisyou (pl.) will send
vocêsmandarãoyou (pl.) will send
eles/elasmandarãothey will send

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 mandadoI have sent
tutens mandadoyou have sent
vocêtem mandadoyou have sent
ele/elatem mandadohe/she/it has sent
nóstemos mandadowe have sent
vóstendes mandadoyou (pl.) have sent
vocêstêm mandadoyou (pl.) have sent
eles/elastêm mandadothey have sent

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 mandadoI had sent
tutinhas mandadoyou had sent
vocêtinha mandadoyou had sent
ele/elatinha mandadohe/she/it had sent
nóstínhamos mandadowe had sent
vóstínheis mandadoyou (pl.) had sent
vocêstinham mandadoyou (pl.) had sent
eles/elastinham mandadothey had sent

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

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 mandadoI will have sent
tuterás mandadoyou will have sent
vocêterá mandadoyou will have sent
ele/elaterá mandadohe/she/it will have sent
nósteremos mandadowe will have sent
vóstereis mandadoyou (pl.) will have sent
vocêsterão mandadoyou (pl.) will have sent
eles/elasterão mandadothey will have sent

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
eumande
tumandes
vocêmande
ele/elamande
nósmandemos
vósmandeis
vocêsmandem
eles/elasmandem

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
eumandasse
tumandasses
vocêmandasse
ele/elamandasse
nósmandássemos
vósmandásseis
vocêsmandassem
eles/elasmandassem

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
tumanda
vocêmande
ele/elamande
nósmandemos
vósmandai
vocêsmandem
eles/elasmandem

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 mandes
vocênão mande
ele/elanão mande
nósnão mandemos
vósnão mandeis
vocêsnão mandem
eles/elasnão mandem