morder — Portuguese conjugation

to bite

Frequency#810Regular

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
eumordoI bite
tumordesyou bite
vocêmordeyou bite
ele/elamordehe/she/it bites
nósmordemoswe bite
vósmordeisyou (pl.) bite
vocêsmordemyou (pl.) bite
eles/elasmordemthey bite

Preterite (Pretérito perfeito simples) Regular

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
eumordiI bit
tumordesteyou bit
vocêmordeuyou bit
ele/elamordeuhe/she/it bit
nósmordemoswe bit
vósmordestesyou (pl.) bit
vocêsmorderamyou (pl.) bit
eles/elasmorderamthey bit

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
eumordia
tumordias
vocêmordia
ele/elamordia
nósmordíamos
vósmordíeis
vocêsmordiam
eles/elasmordiam

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
eumorderiaI would bite
tumorderiasyou would bite
vocêmorderiayou would bite
ele/elamorderiahe/she/it would bite
nósmorderíamoswe would bite
vósmorderíeisyou (pl.) would bite
vocêsmorderiamyou (pl.) would bite
eles/elasmorderiamthey would bite

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
eumordereiI will bite
tumorderásyou will bite
vocêmorderáyou will bite
ele/elamorderáhe/she/it will bite
nósmorderemoswe will bite
vósmordereisyou (pl.) will bite
vocêsmorderãoyou (pl.) will bite
eles/elasmorderãothey will bite

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 mordidoI have bitten
tutens mordidoyou have bitten
vocêtem mordidoyou have bitten
ele/elatem mordidohe/she/it has bitten
nóstemos mordidowe have bitten
vóstendes mordidoyou (pl.) have bitten
vocêstêm mordidoyou (pl.) have bitten
eles/elastêm mordidothey have bitten

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 mordidoI had bitten
tutinhas mordidoyou had bitten
vocêtinha mordidoyou had bitten
ele/elatinha mordidohe/she/it had bitten
nóstínhamos mordidowe had bitten
vóstínheis mordidoyou (pl.) had bitten
vocêstinham mordidoyou (pl.) had bitten
eles/elastinham mordidothey had bitten

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

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 mordidoI will have bitten
tuterás mordidoyou will have bitten
vocêterá mordidoyou will have bitten
ele/elaterá mordidohe/she/it will have bitten
nósteremos mordidowe will have bitten
vóstereis mordidoyou (pl.) will have bitten
vocêsterão mordidoyou (pl.) will have bitten
eles/elasterão mordidothey will have bitten

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
eumorda
tumordas
vocêmorda
ele/elamorda
nósmordamos
vósmordais
vocêsmordam
eles/elasmordam

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
eumordesse
tumordesses
vocêmordesse
ele/elamordesse
nósmordêssemos
vósmordêsseis
vocêsmordessem
eles/elasmordessem

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
tumorde
vocêmorda
ele/elamorda
nósmordamos
vósmordei
vocêsmordam
eles/elasmordam

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 mordas
vocênão morda
ele/elanão morda
nósnão mordamos
vósnão mordais
vocêsnão mordam
eles/elasnão mordam