perturbar — Portuguese conjugation

to disturb

Frequency#1189Regular

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
euperturboI disturb
tuperturbasyou disturb
vocêperturbayou disturb
ele/elaperturbahe/she/it disturbs
nósperturbamoswe disturb
vósperturbaisyou (pl.) disturb
vocêsperturbamyou (pl.) disturb
eles/elasperturbamthey disturb

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
euperturbeiI disturbed
tuperturbasteyou disturbed
vocêperturbouyou disturbed
ele/elaperturbouhe/she/it disturbed
nósperturbamoswe disturbed
vósperturbastesyou (pl.) disturbed
vocêsperturbaramyou (pl.) disturbed
eles/elasperturbaramthey disturbed

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
euperturbava
tuperturbavas
vocêperturbava
ele/elaperturbava
nósperturbávamos
vósperturbáveis
vocêsperturbavam
eles/elasperturbavam

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
euperturbariaI would disturb
tuperturbariasyou would disturb
vocêperturbariayou would disturb
ele/elaperturbariahe/she/it would disturb
nósperturbaríamoswe would disturb
vósperturbaríeisyou (pl.) would disturb
vocêsperturbariamyou (pl.) would disturb
eles/elasperturbariamthey would disturb

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
euperturbareiI will disturb
tuperturbarásyou will disturb
vocêperturbaráyou will disturb
ele/elaperturbaráhe/she/it will disturb
nósperturbaremoswe will disturb
vósperturbareisyou (pl.) will disturb
vocêsperturbarãoyou (pl.) will disturb
eles/elasperturbarãothey will disturb

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 perturbadoI have disturbed
tutens perturbadoyou have disturbed
vocêtem perturbadoyou have disturbed
ele/elatem perturbadohe/she/it has disturbed
nóstemos perturbadowe have disturbed
vóstendes perturbadoyou (pl.) have disturbed
vocêstêm perturbadoyou (pl.) have disturbed
eles/elastêm perturbadothey have disturbed

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 perturbadoI had disturbed
tutinhas perturbadoyou had disturbed
vocêtinha perturbadoyou had disturbed
ele/elatinha perturbadohe/she/it had disturbed
nóstínhamos perturbadowe had disturbed
vóstínheis perturbadoyou (pl.) had disturbed
vocêstinham perturbadoyou (pl.) had disturbed
eles/elastinham perturbadothey had disturbed

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

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 perturbadoI will have disturbed
tuterás perturbadoyou will have disturbed
vocêterá perturbadoyou will have disturbed
ele/elaterá perturbadohe/she/it will have disturbed
nósteremos perturbadowe will have disturbed
vóstereis perturbadoyou (pl.) will have disturbed
vocêsterão perturbadoyou (pl.) will have disturbed
eles/elasterão perturbadothey will have disturbed

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
euperturbe
tuperturbes
vocêperturbe
ele/elaperturbe
nósperturbemos
vósperturbeis
vocêsperturbem
eles/elasperturbem

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
euperturbasse
tuperturbasses
vocêperturbasse
ele/elaperturbasse
nósperturbássemos
vósperturbásseis
vocêsperturbassem
eles/elasperturbassem

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
tuperturba
vocêperturbe
ele/elaperturbe
nósperturbemos
vósperturbai
vocêsperturbem
eles/elasperturbem

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 perturbes
vocênão perturbe
ele/elanão perturbe
nósnão perturbemos
vósnão perturbeis
vocêsnão perturbem
eles/elasnão perturbem