orientar — Portuguese conjugation

to orient

Frequency#471IrregularReflexiveorientar-se — to orient oneself

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
euorientoI orient
tuorientasyou orient
vocêorientayou orient
ele/elaorientahe/she/it orients
nósorientamoswe orient
vósorientaisyou (pl.) orient
vocêsorientamyou (pl.) orient
eles/elasorientamthey orient

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
euorienteiI oriented
tuorientasteyou oriented
vocêorientouyou oriented
ele/elaorientouhe/she/it oriented
nósorientamoswe oriented
vósorientastesyou (pl.) oriented
vocêsorientaramyou (pl.) oriented
eles/elasorientaramthey oriented

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
euorientava
tuorientavas
vocêorientava
ele/elaorientava
nósorientávamos
vósorientáveis
vocêsorientavam
eles/elasorientavam

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
euorientariaI would orient
tuorientariasyou would orient
vocêorientariayou would orient
ele/elaorientariahe/she/it would orient
nósorientaríamoswe would orient
vósorientaríeisyou (pl.) would orient
vocêsorientariamyou (pl.) would orient
eles/elasorientariamthey would orient

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
euorientareiI will orient
tuorientarásyou will orient
vocêorientaráyou will orient
ele/elaorientaráhe/she/it will orient
nósorientaremoswe will orient
vósorientareisyou (pl.) will orient
vocêsorientarãoyou (pl.) will orient
eles/elasorientarãothey will orient

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 orientadoI have oriented
tutens orientadoyou have oriented
vocêtem orientadoyou have oriented
ele/elatem orientadohe/she/it has oriented
nóstemos orientadowe have oriented
vóstendes orientadoyou (pl.) have oriented
vocêstêm orientadoyou (pl.) have oriented
eles/elastêm orientadothey have oriented

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 orientadoI had oriented
tutinhas orientadoyou had oriented
vocêtinha orientadoyou had oriented
ele/elatinha orientadohe/she/it had oriented
nóstínhamos orientadowe had oriented
vóstínheis orientadoyou (pl.) had oriented
vocêstinham orientadoyou (pl.) had oriented
eles/elastinham orientadothey had oriented

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

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 orientadoI will have oriented
tuterás orientadoyou will have oriented
vocêterá orientadoyou will have oriented
ele/elaterá orientadohe/she/it will have oriented
nósteremos orientadowe will have oriented
vóstereis orientadoyou (pl.) will have oriented
vocêsterão orientadoyou (pl.) will have oriented
eles/elasterão orientadothey will have oriented

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
euoriente
tuorientes
vocêoriente
ele/elaoriente
nósorientemos
vósorienteis
vocêsorientem
eles/elasorientem

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
euorientasse
tuorientasses
vocêorientasse
ele/elaorientasse
nósorientássemos
vósorientásseis
vocêsorientassem
eles/elasorientassem

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
tuorienta
vocêoriente
ele/elaoriente
nósorientemos
vósorientai
vocêsorientem
eles/elasorientem

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 orientes
vocênão oriente
ele/elanão oriente
nósnão orientemos
vósnão orienteis
vocêsnão orientem
eles/elasnão orientem