ordenar — Portuguese conjugation

to order

Frequency#762Regular

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
euordenoI order
tuordenasyou order
vocêordenayou order
ele/elaordenahe/she/it orders
nósordenamoswe order
vósordenaisyou (pl.) order
vocêsordenamyou (pl.) order
eles/elasordenamthey order

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
euordeneiI ordered
tuordenasteyou ordered
vocêordenouyou ordered
ele/elaordenouhe/she/it ordered
nósordenamoswe ordered
vósordenastesyou (pl.) ordered
vocêsordenaramyou (pl.) ordered
eles/elasordenaramthey ordered

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
euordenava
tuordenavas
vocêordenava
ele/elaordenava
nósordenávamos
vósordenáveis
vocêsordenavam
eles/elasordenavam

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
euordenariaI would order
tuordenariasyou would order
vocêordenariayou would order
ele/elaordenariahe/she/it would order
nósordenaríamoswe would order
vósordenaríeisyou (pl.) would order
vocêsordenariamyou (pl.) would order
eles/elasordenariamthey would order

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
euordenareiI will order
tuordenarásyou will order
vocêordenaráyou will order
ele/elaordenaráhe/she/it will order
nósordenaremoswe will order
vósordenareisyou (pl.) will order
vocêsordenarãoyou (pl.) will order
eles/elasordenarãothey will order

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 ordenadoI have ordered
tutens ordenadoyou have ordered
vocêtem ordenadoyou have ordered
ele/elatem ordenadohe/she/it has ordered
nóstemos ordenadowe have ordered
vóstendes ordenadoyou (pl.) have ordered
vocêstêm ordenadoyou (pl.) have ordered
eles/elastêm ordenadothey have ordered

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 ordenadoI had ordered
tutinhas ordenadoyou had ordered
vocêtinha ordenadoyou had ordered
ele/elatinha ordenadohe/she/it had ordered
nóstínhamos ordenadowe had ordered
vóstínheis ordenadoyou (pl.) had ordered
vocêstinham ordenadoyou (pl.) had ordered
eles/elastinham ordenadothey had ordered

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

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 ordenadoI will have ordered
tuterás ordenadoyou will have ordered
vocêterá ordenadoyou will have ordered
ele/elaterá ordenadohe/she/it will have ordered
nósteremos ordenadowe will have ordered
vóstereis ordenadoyou (pl.) will have ordered
vocêsterão ordenadoyou (pl.) will have ordered
eles/elasterão ordenadothey will have ordered

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
euordene
tuordenes
vocêordene
ele/elaordene
nósordenemos
vósordeneis
vocêsordenem
eles/elasordenem

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
euordenasse
tuordenasses
vocêordenasse
ele/elaordenasse
nósordenássemos
vósordenásseis
vocêsordenassem
eles/elasordenassem

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
tuordena
vocêordene
ele/elaordene
nósordenemos
vósordenai
vocêsordenem
eles/elasordenem

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 ordenes
vocênão ordene
ele/elanão ordene
nósnão ordenemos
vósnão ordeneis
vocêsnão ordenem
eles/elasnão ordenem