marcar — Portuguese conjugation

to mark

Frequency#329IrregularReflexivemarcar-se — to mark oneself

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
eumarcoI mark
tumarcasyou mark
vocêmarcayou mark
ele/elamarcahe/she/it marks
nósmarcamoswe mark
vósmarcaisyou (pl.) mark
vocêsmarcamyou (pl.) mark
eles/elasmarcamthey mark

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
eumarqueiI marked
tumarcasteyou marked
vocêmarcouyou marked
ele/elamarcouhe/she/it marked
nósmarcamoswe marked
vósmarcastesyou (pl.) marked
vocêsmarcaramyou (pl.) marked
eles/elasmarcaramthey marked

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
eumarcava
tumarcavas
vocêmarcava
ele/elamarcava
nósmarcávamos
vósmarcáveis
vocêsmarcavam
eles/elasmarcavam

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
eumarcariaI would mark
tumarcariasyou would mark
vocêmarcariayou would mark
ele/elamarcariahe/she/it would mark
nósmarcaríamoswe would mark
vósmarcaríeisyou (pl.) would mark
vocêsmarcariamyou (pl.) would mark
eles/elasmarcariamthey would mark

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
eumarcareiI will mark
tumarcarásyou will mark
vocêmarcaráyou will mark
ele/elamarcaráhe/she/it will mark
nósmarcaremoswe will mark
vósmarcareisyou (pl.) will mark
vocêsmarcarãoyou (pl.) will mark
eles/elasmarcarãothey will mark

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 marcadoI have marked
tutens marcadoyou have marked
vocêtem marcadoyou have marked
ele/elatem marcadohe/she/it has marked
nóstemos marcadowe have marked
vóstendes marcadoyou (pl.) have marked
vocêstêm marcadoyou (pl.) have marked
eles/elastêm marcadothey have marked

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 marcadoI had marked
tutinhas marcadoyou had marked
vocêtinha marcadoyou had marked
ele/elatinha marcadohe/she/it had marked
nóstínhamos marcadowe had marked
vóstínheis marcadoyou (pl.) had marked
vocêstinham marcadoyou (pl.) had marked
eles/elastinham marcadothey had marked

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

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 marcadoI will have marked
tuterás marcadoyou will have marked
vocêterá marcadoyou will have marked
ele/elaterá marcadohe/she/it will have marked
nósteremos marcadowe will have marked
vóstereis marcadoyou (pl.) will have marked
vocêsterão marcadoyou (pl.) will have marked
eles/elasterão marcadothey will have marked

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
eumarque
tumarques
vocêmarque
ele/elamarque
nósmarquemos
vósmarqueis
vocêsmarquem
eles/elasmarquem

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
eumarcasse
tumarcasses
vocêmarcasse
ele/elamarcasse
nósmarcássemos
vósmarcásseis
vocêsmarcassem
eles/elasmarcassem

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
tumarca
vocêmarque
ele/elamarque
nósmarquemos
vósmarcai
vocêsmarquem
eles/elasmarquem

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 marques
vocênão marque
ele/elanão marque
nósnão marquemos
vósnão marqueis
vocêsnão marquem
eles/elasnão marquem