polemizar — Portuguese conjugation

to polemicise

Frequency#1193Irregular

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
eupolemizoI polemicize
tupolemizasyou polemicize
vocêpolemizayou polemicize
ele/elapolemizahe/she/it polemicizes
nóspolemizamoswe polemicize
vóspolemizaisyou (pl.) polemicize
vocêspolemizamyou (pl.) polemicize
eles/elaspolemizamthey polemicize

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
eupolemizeiI polemicized
tupolemizasteyou polemicized
vocêpolemizouyou polemicized
ele/elapolemizouhe/she/it polemicized
nóspolemizamoswe polemicized
vóspolemizastesyou (pl.) polemicized
vocêspolemizaramyou (pl.) polemicized
eles/elaspolemizaramthey polemicized

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
eupolemizava
tupolemizavas
vocêpolemizava
ele/elapolemizava
nóspolemizávamos
vóspolemizáveis
vocêspolemizavam
eles/elaspolemizavam

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
eupolemizariaI would polemicize
tupolemizariasyou would polemicize
vocêpolemizariayou would polemicize
ele/elapolemizariahe/she/it would polemicize
nóspolemizaríamoswe would polemicize
vóspolemizaríeisyou (pl.) would polemicize
vocêspolemizariamyou (pl.) would polemicize
eles/elaspolemizariamthey would polemicize

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
eupolemizareiI will polemicize
tupolemizarásyou will polemicize
vocêpolemizaráyou will polemicize
ele/elapolemizaráhe/she/it will polemicize
nóspolemizaremoswe will polemicize
vóspolemizareisyou (pl.) will polemicize
vocêspolemizarãoyou (pl.) will polemicize
eles/elaspolemizarãothey will polemicize

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 polemizadoI have polemicized
tutens polemizadoyou have polemicized
vocêtem polemizadoyou have polemicized
ele/elatem polemizadohe/she/it has polemicized
nóstemos polemizadowe have polemicized
vóstendes polemizadoyou (pl.) have polemicized
vocêstêm polemizadoyou (pl.) have polemicized
eles/elastêm polemizadothey have polemicized

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 polemizadoI had polemicized
tutinhas polemizadoyou had polemicized
vocêtinha polemizadoyou had polemicized
ele/elatinha polemizadohe/she/it had polemicized
nóstínhamos polemizadowe had polemicized
vóstínheis polemizadoyou (pl.) had polemicized
vocêstinham polemizadoyou (pl.) had polemicized
eles/elastinham polemizadothey had polemicized

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

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 polemizadoI will have polemicized
tuterás polemizadoyou will have polemicized
vocêterá polemizadoyou will have polemicized
ele/elaterá polemizadohe/she/it will have polemicized
nósteremos polemizadowe will have polemicized
vóstereis polemizadoyou (pl.) will have polemicized
vocêsterão polemizadoyou (pl.) will have polemicized
eles/elasterão polemizadothey will have polemicized

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
eupolemize
tupolemizes
vocêpolemize
ele/elapolemize
nóspolemizemos
vóspolemizeis
vocêspolemizem
eles/elaspolemizem

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
eupolemizasse
tupolemizasses
vocêpolemizasse
ele/elapolemizasse
nóspolemizássemos
vóspolemizásseis
vocêspolemizassem
eles/elaspolemizassem

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
tupolemiza
vocêpolemize
ele/elapolemize
nóspolemizemos
vóspolemizai
vocêspolemizem
eles/elaspolemizem

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 polemizes
vocênão polemize
ele/elanão polemize
nósnão polemizemos
vósnão polemizeis
vocêsnão polemizem
eles/elasnão polemizem