pendurar — Portuguese conjugation

to hang

Frequency#443Irregular

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
eupenduroI hang
tupendurasyou hang
vocêpendurayou hang
ele/elapendurahe/she/it hangs
nóspenduramoswe hang
vóspenduraisyou (pl.) hang
vocêspenduramyou (pl.) hang
eles/elaspenduramthey hang

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
eupendureiI hung
tupendurasteyou hung
vocêpendurouyou hung
ele/elapendurouhe/she/it hung
nóspenduramoswe hung
vóspendurastesyou (pl.) hung
vocêspenduraramyou (pl.) hung
eles/elaspenduraramthey hung

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
eupendurava
tupenduravas
vocêpendurava
ele/elapendurava
nóspendurávamos
vóspenduráveis
vocêspenduravam
eles/elaspenduravam

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
eupendurariaI would hang
tupendurariasyou would hang
vocêpendurariayou would hang
ele/elapendurariahe/she/it would hang
nóspenduraríamoswe would hang
vóspenduraríeisyou (pl.) would hang
vocêspendurariamyou (pl.) would hang
eles/elaspendurariamthey would hang

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
eupendurareiI will hang
tupendurarásyou will hang
vocêpenduraráyou will hang
ele/elapenduraráhe/she/it will hang
nóspenduraremoswe will hang
vóspendurareisyou (pl.) will hang
vocêspendurarãoyou (pl.) will hang
eles/elaspendurarãothey will hang

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 penduradoI have hung
tutens penduradoyou have hung
vocêtem penduradoyou have hung
ele/elatem penduradohe/she/it has hung
nóstemos penduradowe have hung
vóstendes penduradoyou (pl.) have hung
vocêstêm penduradoyou (pl.) have hung
eles/elastêm penduradothey have hung

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 penduradoI had hung
tutinhas penduradoyou had hung
vocêtinha penduradoyou had hung
ele/elatinha penduradohe/she/it had hung
nóstínhamos penduradowe had hung
vóstínheis penduradoyou (pl.) had hung
vocêstinham penduradoyou (pl.) had hung
eles/elastinham penduradothey had hung

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

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 penduradoI will have hung
tuterás penduradoyou will have hung
vocêterá penduradoyou will have hung
ele/elaterá penduradohe/she/it will have hung
nósteremos penduradowe will have hung
vóstereis penduradoyou (pl.) will have hung
vocêsterão penduradoyou (pl.) will have hung
eles/elasterão penduradothey will have hung

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
eupendure
tupendures
vocêpendure
ele/elapendure
nóspenduremos
vóspendureis
vocêspendurem
eles/elaspendurem

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
eupendurasse
tupendurasses
vocêpendurasse
ele/elapendurasse
nóspendurássemos
vóspendurásseis
vocêspendurassem
eles/elaspendurassem

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
tupendura
vocêpendure
ele/elapendure
nóspenduremos
vóspendurai
vocêspendurem
eles/elaspendurem

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 pendures
vocênão pendure
ele/elanão pendure
nósnão penduremos
vósnão pendureis
vocêsnão pendurem
eles/elasnão pendurem