masterizar — Portuguese conjugation

to master

Frequency#328Irregular

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
eumasterizoI master
tumasterizasyou master
vocêmasterizayou master
ele/elamasterizahe/she/it masters
nósmasterizamoswe master
vósmasterizaisyou (pl.) master
vocêsmasterizamyou (pl.) master
eles/elasmasterizamthey master

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
eumasterizeiI mastered
tumasterizasteyou mastered
vocêmasterizouyou mastered
ele/elamasterizouhe/she/it mastered
nósmasterizamoswe mastered
vósmasterizastesyou (pl.) mastered
vocêsmasterizaramyou (pl.) mastered
eles/elasmasterizaramthey mastered

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
eumasterizava
tumasterizavas
vocêmasterizava
ele/elamasterizava
nósmasterizávamos
vósmasterizáveis
vocêsmasterizavam
eles/elasmasterizavam

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
eumasterizariaI would master
tumasterizariasyou would master
vocêmasterizariayou would master
ele/elamasterizariahe/she/it would master
nósmasterizaríamoswe would master
vósmasterizaríeisyou (pl.) would master
vocêsmasterizariamyou (pl.) would master
eles/elasmasterizariamthey would master

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
eumasterizareiI will master
tumasterizarásyou will master
vocêmasterizaráyou will master
ele/elamasterizaráhe/she/it will master
nósmasterizaremoswe will master
vósmasterizareisyou (pl.) will master
vocêsmasterizarãoyou (pl.) will master
eles/elasmasterizarãothey will master

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 masterizadoI have mastered
tutens masterizadoyou have mastered
vocêtem masterizadoyou have mastered
ele/elatem masterizadohe/she/it has mastered
nóstemos masterizadowe have mastered
vóstendes masterizadoyou (pl.) have mastered
vocêstêm masterizadoyou (pl.) have mastered
eles/elastêm masterizadothey have mastered

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 masterizadoI had mastered
tutinhas masterizadoyou had mastered
vocêtinha masterizadoyou had mastered
ele/elatinha masterizadohe/she/it had mastered
nóstínhamos masterizadowe had mastered
vóstínheis masterizadoyou (pl.) had mastered
vocêstinham masterizadoyou (pl.) had mastered
eles/elastinham masterizadothey had mastered

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

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 masterizadoI will have mastered
tuterás masterizadoyou will have mastered
vocêterá masterizadoyou will have mastered
ele/elaterá masterizadohe/she/it will have mastered
nósteremos masterizadowe will have mastered
vóstereis masterizadoyou (pl.) will have mastered
vocêsterão masterizadoyou (pl.) will have mastered
eles/elasterão masterizadothey will have mastered

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
eumasterize
tumasterizes
vocêmasterize
ele/elamasterize
nósmasterizemos
vósmasterizeis
vocêsmasterizem
eles/elasmasterizem

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
eumasterizasse
tumasterizasses
vocêmasterizasse
ele/elamasterizasse
nósmasterizássemos
vósmasterizásseis
vocêsmasterizassem
eles/elasmasterizassem

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
tumasteriza
vocêmasterize
ele/elamasterize
nósmasterizemos
vósmasterizai
vocêsmasterizem
eles/elasmasterizem

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 masterizes
vocênão masterize
ele/elanão masterize
nósnão masterizemos
vósnão masterizeis
vocêsnão masterizem
eles/elasnão masterizem