odiar — Portuguese conjugation

to hate, to loathe

Frequency#733IrregularReflexiveodiar-se — to hate oneself

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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
euodeioI hate
tuodeiasyou hate
vocêodeiayou hate
ele/elaodeiahe/she/it hates
nósodiamoswe hate
vósodiaisyou (pl.) hate
vocêsodeiamyou (pl.) hate
eles/elasodeiamthey hate

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
euodieiI hated
tuodiasteyou hated
vocêodiouyou hated
ele/elaodiouhe/she/it hated
nósodiamoswe hated
vósodiastesyou (pl.) hated
vocêsodiaramyou (pl.) hated
eles/elasodiaramthey hated

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
euodiava
tuodiavas
vocêodiava
ele/elaodiava
nósodiávamos
vósodiáveis
vocêsodiavam
eles/elasodiavam

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
euodiariaI would hate
tuodiariasyou would hate
vocêodiariayou would hate
ele/elaodiariahe/she/it would hate
nósodiaríamoswe would hate
vósodiaríeisyou (pl.) would hate
vocêsodiariamyou (pl.) would hate
eles/elasodiariamthey would hate

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
euodiareiI will hate
tuodiarásyou will hate
vocêodiaráyou will hate
ele/elaodiaráhe/she/it will hate
nósodiaremoswe will hate
vósodiareisyou (pl.) will hate
vocêsodiarãoyou (pl.) will hate
eles/elasodiarãothey will hate

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 odiadoI have hated
tutens odiadoyou have hated
vocêtem odiadoyou have hated
ele/elatem odiadohe/she/it has hated
nóstemos odiadowe have hated
vóstendes odiadoyou (pl.) have hated
vocêstêm odiadoyou (pl.) have hated
eles/elastêm odiadothey have hated

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 odiadoI had hated
tutinhas odiadoyou had hated
vocêtinha odiadoyou had hated
ele/elatinha odiadohe/she/it had hated
nóstínhamos odiadowe had hated
vóstínheis odiadoyou (pl.) had hated
vocêstinham odiadoyou (pl.) had hated
eles/elastinham odiadothey had hated

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

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 odiadoI will have hated
tuterás odiadoyou will have hated
vocêterá odiadoyou will have hated
ele/elaterá odiadohe/she/it will have hated
nósteremos odiadowe will have hated
vóstereis odiadoyou (pl.) will have hated
vocêsterão odiadoyou (pl.) will have hated
eles/elasterão odiadothey will have hated

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
euodeie
tuodeies
vocêodeie
ele/elaodeie
nósodiemos
vósodieis
vocêsodeiem
eles/elasodeiem

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
euodiasse
tuodiasses
vocêodiasse
ele/elaodiasse
nósodiássemos
vósodiásseis
vocêsodiassem
eles/elasodiassem

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
tuodeia
vocêodeie
ele/elaodeie
nósodiemos
vósodiai
vocêsodeiem
eles/elasodeiem

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 odeies
vocênão odeie
ele/elanão odeie
nósnão odiemos
vósnão odieis
vocêsnão odeiem
eles/elasnão odeiem