ofender — Portuguese conjugation

to offend

Frequency#582Regular

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
euofendoI offend
tuofendesyou offend
vocêofendeyou offend
ele/elaofendehe/she/it offends
nósofendemoswe offend
vósofendeisyou (pl.) offend
vocêsofendemyou (pl.) offend
eles/elasofendemthey offend

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
euofendiI offended
tuofendesteyou offended
vocêofendeuyou offended
ele/elaofendeuhe/she/it offended
nósofendemoswe offended
vósofendestesyou (pl.) offended
vocêsofenderamyou (pl.) offended
eles/elasofenderamthey offended

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
euofendia
tuofendias
vocêofendia
ele/elaofendia
nósofendíamos
vósofendíeis
vocêsofendiam
eles/elasofendiam

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
euofenderiaI would offend
tuofenderiasyou would offend
vocêofenderiayou would offend
ele/elaofenderiahe/she/it would offend
nósofenderíamoswe would offend
vósofenderíeisyou (pl.) would offend
vocêsofenderiamyou (pl.) would offend
eles/elasofenderiamthey would offend

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
euofendereiI will offend
tuofenderásyou will offend
vocêofenderáyou will offend
ele/elaofenderáhe/she/it will offend
nósofenderemoswe will offend
vósofendereisyou (pl.) will offend
vocêsofenderãoyou (pl.) will offend
eles/elasofenderãothey will offend

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 ofendidoI have offended
tutens ofendidoyou have offended
vocêtem ofendidoyou have offended
ele/elatem ofendidohe/she/it has offended
nóstemos ofendidowe have offended
vóstendes ofendidoyou (pl.) have offended
vocêstêm ofendidoyou (pl.) have offended
eles/elastêm ofendidothey have offended

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 ofendidoI had offended
tutinhas ofendidoyou had offended
vocêtinha ofendidoyou had offended
ele/elatinha ofendidohe/she/it had offended
nóstínhamos ofendidowe had offended
vóstínheis ofendidoyou (pl.) had offended
vocêstinham ofendidoyou (pl.) had offended
eles/elastinham ofendidothey had offended

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

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 ofendidoI will have offended
tuterás ofendidoyou will have offended
vocêterá ofendidoyou will have offended
ele/elaterá ofendidohe/she/it will have offended
nósteremos ofendidowe will have offended
vóstereis ofendidoyou (pl.) will have offended
vocêsterão ofendidoyou (pl.) will have offended
eles/elasterão ofendidothey will have offended

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
euofenda
tuofendas
vocêofenda
ele/elaofenda
nósofendamos
vósofendais
vocêsofendam
eles/elasofendam

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
euofendesse
tuofendesses
vocêofendesse
ele/elaofendesse
nósofendêssemos
vósofendêsseis
vocêsofendessem
eles/elasofendessem

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
tuofende
vocêofenda
ele/elaofenda
nósofendamos
vósofendei
vocêsofendam
eles/elasofendam

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 ofendas
vocênão ofenda
ele/elanão ofenda
nósnão ofendamos
vósnão ofendais
vocêsnão ofendam
eles/elasnão ofendam