orquestrar — Portuguese conjugation

to orchestrate

Frequency#272Irregular

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
euorquestroI orchestrate
tuorquestrasyou orchestrate
vocêorquestrayou orchestrate
ele/elaorquestrahe/she/it orchestrates
nósorquestramoswe orchestrate
vósorquestraisyou (pl.) orchestrate
vocêsorquestramyou (pl.) orchestrate
eles/elasorquestramthey orchestrate

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
euorquestreiI orchestrated
tuorquestrasteyou orchestrated
vocêorquestrouyou orchestrated
ele/elaorquestrouhe/she/it orchestrated
nósorquestramoswe orchestrated
vósorquestrastesyou (pl.) orchestrated
vocêsorquestraramyou (pl.) orchestrated
eles/elasorquestraramthey orchestrated

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
euorquestrava
tuorquestravas
vocêorquestrava
ele/elaorquestrava
nósorquestrávamos
vósorquestráveis
vocêsorquestravam
eles/elasorquestravam

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
euorquestrariaI would orchestrate
tuorquestrariasyou would orchestrate
vocêorquestrariayou would orchestrate
ele/elaorquestrariahe/she/it would orchestrate
nósorquestraríamoswe would orchestrate
vósorquestraríeisyou (pl.) would orchestrate
vocêsorquestrariamyou (pl.) would orchestrate
eles/elasorquestrariamthey would orchestrate

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
euorquestrareiI will orchestrate
tuorquestrarásyou will orchestrate
vocêorquestraráyou will orchestrate
ele/elaorquestraráhe/she/it will orchestrate
nósorquestraremoswe will orchestrate
vósorquestrareisyou (pl.) will orchestrate
vocêsorquestrarãoyou (pl.) will orchestrate
eles/elasorquestrarãothey will orchestrate

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 orquestradoI have orchestrated
tutens orquestradoyou have orchestrated
vocêtem orquestradoyou have orchestrated
ele/elatem orquestradohe/she/it has orchestrated
nóstemos orquestradowe have orchestrated
vóstendes orquestradoyou (pl.) have orchestrated
vocêstêm orquestradoyou (pl.) have orchestrated
eles/elastêm orquestradothey have orchestrated

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 orquestradoI had orchestrated
tutinhas orquestradoyou had orchestrated
vocêtinha orquestradoyou had orchestrated
ele/elatinha orquestradohe/she/it had orchestrated
nóstínhamos orquestradowe had orchestrated
vóstínheis orquestradoyou (pl.) had orchestrated
vocêstinham orquestradoyou (pl.) had orchestrated
eles/elastinham orquestradothey had orchestrated

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

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 orquestradoI will have orchestrated
tuterás orquestradoyou will have orchestrated
vocêterá orquestradoyou will have orchestrated
ele/elaterá orquestradohe/she/it will have orchestrated
nósteremos orquestradowe will have orchestrated
vóstereis orquestradoyou (pl.) will have orchestrated
vocêsterão orquestradoyou (pl.) will have orchestrated
eles/elasterão orquestradothey will have orchestrated

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
euorquestre
tuorquestres
vocêorquestre
ele/elaorquestre
nósorquestremos
vósorquestreis
vocêsorquestrem
eles/elasorquestrem

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
euorquestrasse
tuorquestrasses
vocêorquestrasse
ele/elaorquestrasse
nósorquestrássemos
vósorquestrásseis
vocêsorquestrassem
eles/elasorquestrassem

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
tuorquestra
vocêorquestre
ele/elaorquestre
nósorquestremos
vósorquestrai
vocêsorquestrem
eles/elasorquestrem

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 orquestres
vocênão orquestre
ele/elanão orquestre
nósnão orquestremos
vósnão orquestreis
vocêsnão orquestrem
eles/elasnão orquestrem