oferecer — Portuguese conjugation

to offer

Frequency#88Irregular

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
euofereçoI offer
tuoferecesyou offer
vocêofereceyou offer
ele/elaoferecehe/she/it offers
nósoferecemoswe offer
vósofereceisyou (pl.) offer
vocêsoferecemyou (pl.) offer
eles/elasoferecemthey offer

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
euofereciI offered
tuoferecesteyou offered
vocêofereceuyou offered
ele/elaofereceuhe/she/it offered
nósoferecemoswe offered
vósoferecestesyou (pl.) offered
vocêsofereceramyou (pl.) offered
eles/elasofereceramthey offered

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
euoferecia
tuoferecias
vocêoferecia
ele/elaoferecia
nósoferecíamos
vósoferecíeis
vocêsofereciam
eles/elasofereciam

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
euofereceriaI would offer
tuofereceriasyou would offer
vocêofereceriayou would offer
ele/elaofereceriahe/she/it would offer
nósofereceríamoswe would offer
vósofereceríeisyou (pl.) would offer
vocêsofereceriamyou (pl.) would offer
eles/elasofereceriamthey would offer

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
euoferecereiI will offer
tuoferecerásyou will offer
vocêofereceráyou will offer
ele/elaofereceráhe/she/it will offer
nósofereceremoswe will offer
vósoferecereisyou (pl.) will offer
vocêsoferecerãoyou (pl.) will offer
eles/elasoferecerãothey will offer

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 oferecidoI have offered
tutens oferecidoyou have offered
vocêtem oferecidoyou have offered
ele/elatem oferecidohe/she/it has offered
nóstemos oferecidowe have offered
vóstendes oferecidoyou (pl.) have offered
vocêstêm oferecidoyou (pl.) have offered
eles/elastêm oferecidothey have offered

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 oferecidoI had offered
tutinhas oferecidoyou had offered
vocêtinha oferecidoyou had offered
ele/elatinha oferecidohe/she/it had offered
nóstínhamos oferecidowe had offered
vóstínheis oferecidoyou (pl.) had offered
vocêstinham oferecidoyou (pl.) had offered
eles/elastinham oferecidothey had offered

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

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 oferecidoI will have offered
tuterás oferecidoyou will have offered
vocêterá oferecidoyou will have offered
ele/elaterá oferecidohe/she/it will have offered
nósteremos oferecidowe will have offered
vóstereis oferecidoyou (pl.) will have offered
vocêsterão oferecidoyou (pl.) will have offered
eles/elasterão oferecidothey will have offered

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
euofereça
tuofereças
vocêofereça
ele/elaofereça
nósofereçamos
vósofereçais
vocêsofereçam
eles/elasofereçam

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
euoferecesse
tuoferecesses
vocêoferecesse
ele/elaoferecesse
nósoferecêssemos
vósoferecêsseis
vocêsoferecessem
eles/elasoferecessem

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
tuoferece
vocêofereça
ele/elaofereça
nósofereçamos
vósoferecei
vocêsofereçam
eles/elasofereçam

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 ofereças
vocênão ofereça
ele/elanão ofereça
nósnão ofereçamos
vósnão ofereçais
vocêsnão ofereçam
eles/elasnão ofereçam