plagiar — Portuguese conjugation

to plagiarise

Frequency#1192Irregular

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
euplagioI plagiarize
tuplagiasyou plagiarize
vocêplagiayou plagiarize
ele/elaplagiahe/she/it plagiarizes
nósplagiamoswe plagiarize
vósplagiaisyou (pl.) plagiarize
vocêsplagiamyou (pl.) plagiarize
eles/elasplagiamthey plagiarize

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
euplagieiI plagiarized
tuplagiasteyou plagiarized
vocêplagiouyou plagiarized
ele/elaplagiouhe/she/it plagiarized
nósplagiamoswe plagiarized
vósplagiastesyou (pl.) plagiarized
vocêsplagiaramyou (pl.) plagiarized
eles/elasplagiaramthey plagiarized

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
euplagiava
tuplagiavas
vocêplagiava
ele/elaplagiava
nósplagiávamos
vósplagiáveis
vocêsplagiavam
eles/elasplagiavam

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
euplagiariaI would plagiarize
tuplagiariasyou would plagiarize
vocêplagiariayou would plagiarize
ele/elaplagiariahe/she/it would plagiarize
nósplagiaríamoswe would plagiarize
vósplagiaríeisyou (pl.) would plagiarize
vocêsplagiariamyou (pl.) would plagiarize
eles/elasplagiariamthey would plagiarize

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
euplagiareiI will plagiarize
tuplagiarásyou will plagiarize
vocêplagiaráyou will plagiarize
ele/elaplagiaráhe/she/it will plagiarize
nósplagiaremoswe will plagiarize
vósplagiareisyou (pl.) will plagiarize
vocêsplagiarãoyou (pl.) will plagiarize
eles/elasplagiarãothey will plagiarize

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 plagiadoI have plagiarized
tutens plagiadoyou have plagiarized
vocêtem plagiadoyou have plagiarized
ele/elatem plagiadohe/she/it has plagiarized
nóstemos plagiadowe have plagiarized
vóstendes plagiadoyou (pl.) have plagiarized
vocêstêm plagiadoyou (pl.) have plagiarized
eles/elastêm plagiadothey have plagiarized

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 plagiadoI had plagiarized
tutinhas plagiadoyou had plagiarized
vocêtinha plagiadoyou had plagiarized
ele/elatinha plagiadohe/she/it had plagiarized
nóstínhamos plagiadowe had plagiarized
vóstínheis plagiadoyou (pl.) had plagiarized
vocêstinham plagiadoyou (pl.) had plagiarized
eles/elastinham plagiadothey had plagiarized

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

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 plagiadoI will have plagiarized
tuterás plagiadoyou will have plagiarized
vocêterá plagiadoyou will have plagiarized
ele/elaterá plagiadohe/she/it will have plagiarized
nósteremos plagiadowe will have plagiarized
vóstereis plagiadoyou (pl.) will have plagiarized
vocêsterão plagiadoyou (pl.) will have plagiarized
eles/elasterão plagiadothey will have plagiarized

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
euplagie
tuplagies
vocêplagie
ele/elaplagie
nósplagiemos
vósplagieis
vocêsplagiem
eles/elasplagiem

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
euplagiasse
tuplagiasses
vocêplagiasse
ele/elaplagiasse
nósplagiássemos
vósplagiásseis
vocêsplagiassem
eles/elasplagiassem

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
tuplagia
vocêplagie
ele/elaplagie
nósplagiemos
vósplagiai
vocêsplagiem
eles/elasplagiem

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 plagies
vocênão plagie
ele/elanão plagie
nósnão plagiemos
vósnão plagieis
vocêsnão plagiem
eles/elasnão plagiem