navegar — Portuguese conjugation

to navigate

Frequency#560Regular

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
eunavegoI navigate
tunavegasyou navigate
vocênavegayou navigate
ele/elanavegahe/she/it navigates
nósnavegamoswe navigate
vósnavegaisyou (pl.) navigate
vocêsnavegamyou (pl.) navigate
eles/elasnavegamthey navigate

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
eunavegueiI navigated
tunavegasteyou navigated
vocênavegouyou navigated
ele/elanavegouhe/she/it navigated
nósnavegamoswe navigated
vósnavegastesyou (pl.) navigated
vocêsnavegaramyou (pl.) navigated
eles/elasnavegaramthey navigated

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
eunavegava
tunavegavas
vocênavegava
ele/elanavegava
nósnavegávamos
vósnavegáveis
vocêsnavegavam
eles/elasnavegavam

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
eunavegariaI would navigate
tunavegariasyou would navigate
vocênavegariayou would navigate
ele/elanavegariahe/she/it would navigate
nósnavegaríamoswe would navigate
vósnavegaríeisyou (pl.) would navigate
vocêsnavegariamyou (pl.) would navigate
eles/elasnavegariamthey would navigate

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
eunavegareiI will navigate
tunavegarásyou will navigate
vocênavegaráyou will navigate
ele/elanavegaráhe/she/it will navigate
nósnavegaremoswe will navigate
vósnavegareisyou (pl.) will navigate
vocêsnavegarãoyou (pl.) will navigate
eles/elasnavegarãothey will navigate

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 navegadoI have navigated
tutens navegadoyou have navigated
vocêtem navegadoyou have navigated
ele/elatem navegadohe/she/it has navigated
nóstemos navegadowe have navigated
vóstendes navegadoyou (pl.) have navigated
vocêstêm navegadoyou (pl.) have navigated
eles/elastêm navegadothey have navigated

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 navegadoI had navigated
tutinhas navegadoyou had navigated
vocêtinha navegadoyou had navigated
ele/elatinha navegadohe/she/it had navigated
nóstínhamos navegadowe had navigated
vóstínheis navegadoyou (pl.) had navigated
vocêstinham navegadoyou (pl.) had navigated
eles/elastinham navegadothey had navigated

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

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 navegadoI will have navigated
tuterás navegadoyou will have navigated
vocêterá navegadoyou will have navigated
ele/elaterá navegadohe/she/it will have navigated
nósteremos navegadowe will have navigated
vóstereis navegadoyou (pl.) will have navigated
vocêsterão navegadoyou (pl.) will have navigated
eles/elasterão navegadothey will have navigated

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
eunavegue
tunavegues
vocênavegue
ele/elanavegue
nósnaveguemos
vósnavegueis
vocêsnaveguem
eles/elasnaveguem

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
eunavegasse
tunavegasses
vocênavegasse
ele/elanavegasse
nósnavegássemos
vósnavegásseis
vocêsnavegassem
eles/elasnavegassem

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
tunavega
vocênavegue
ele/elanavegue
nósnaveguemos
vósnavegai
vocêsnaveguem
eles/elasnaveguem

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 navegues
vocênão navegue
ele/elanão navegue
nósnão naveguemos
vósnão navegueis
vocêsnão naveguem
eles/elasnão naveguem