notar — Portuguese conjugation

to notice

Frequency#212Regular

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
eunotoI notice
tunotasyou notice
vocênotayou notice
ele/elanotahe/she/it notices
nósnotamoswe notice
vósnotaisyou (pl.) notice
vocêsnotamyou (pl.) notice
eles/elasnotamthey notice

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
eunoteiI noticed
tunotasteyou noticed
vocênotouyou noticed
ele/elanotouhe/she/it noticed
nósnotamoswe noticed
vósnotastesyou (pl.) noticed
vocêsnotaramyou (pl.) noticed
eles/elasnotaramthey noticed

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
eunotava
tunotavas
vocênotava
ele/elanotava
nósnotávamos
vósnotáveis
vocêsnotavam
eles/elasnotavam

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
eunotariaI would notice
tunotariasyou would notice
vocênotariayou would notice
ele/elanotariahe/she/it would notice
nósnotaríamoswe would notice
vósnotaríeisyou (pl.) would notice
vocêsnotariamyou (pl.) would notice
eles/elasnotariamthey would notice

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
eunotareiI will notice
tunotarásyou will notice
vocênotaráyou will notice
ele/elanotaráhe/she/it will notice
nósnotaremoswe will notice
vósnotareisyou (pl.) will notice
vocêsnotarãoyou (pl.) will notice
eles/elasnotarãothey will notice

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 notadoI have noticed
tutens notadoyou have noticed
vocêtem notadoyou have noticed
ele/elatem notadohe/she/it has noticed
nóstemos notadowe have noticed
vóstendes notadoyou (pl.) have noticed
vocêstêm notadoyou (pl.) have noticed
eles/elastêm notadothey have noticed

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 notadoI had noticed
tutinhas notadoyou had noticed
vocêtinha notadoyou had noticed
ele/elatinha notadohe/she/it had noticed
nóstínhamos notadowe had noticed
vóstínheis notadoyou (pl.) had noticed
vocêstinham notadoyou (pl.) had noticed
eles/elastinham notadothey had noticed

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

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 notadoI will have noticed
tuterás notadoyou will have noticed
vocêterá notadoyou will have noticed
ele/elaterá notadohe/she/it will have noticed
nósteremos notadowe will have noticed
vóstereis notadoyou (pl.) will have noticed
vocêsterão notadoyou (pl.) will have noticed
eles/elasterão notadothey will have noticed

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
eunote
tunotes
vocênote
ele/elanote
nósnotemos
vósnoteis
vocêsnotem
eles/elasnotem

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
eunotasse
tunotasses
vocênotasse
ele/elanotasse
nósnotássemos
vósnotásseis
vocêsnotassem
eles/elasnotassem

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
tunota
vocênote
ele/elanote
nósnotemos
vósnotai
vocêsnotem
eles/elasnotem

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 notes
vocênão note
ele/elanão note
nósnão notemos
vósnão noteis
vocêsnão notem
eles/elasnão notem