providenciar — Portuguese conjugation

to provide

Frequency#1195Regular

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
euprovidencioI provide
tuprovidenciasyou provide
vocêprovidenciayou provide
ele/elaprovidenciahe/she/it provides
nósprovidenciamoswe provide
vósprovidenciaisyou (pl.) provide
vocêsprovidenciamyou (pl.) provide
eles/elasprovidenciamthey provide

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
euprovidencieiI provided
tuprovidenciasteyou provided
vocêprovidenciouyou provided
ele/elaprovidenciouhe/she/it provided
nósprovidenciamoswe provided
vósprovidenciastesyou (pl.) provided
vocêsprovidenciaramyou (pl.) provided
eles/elasprovidenciaramthey provided

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
euprovidenciava
tuprovidenciavas
vocêprovidenciava
ele/elaprovidenciava
nósprovidenciávamos
vósprovidenciáveis
vocêsprovidenciavam
eles/elasprovidenciavam

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
euprovidenciariaI would provide
tuprovidenciariasyou would provide
vocêprovidenciariayou would provide
ele/elaprovidenciariahe/she/it would provide
nósprovidenciaríamoswe would provide
vósprovidenciaríeisyou (pl.) would provide
vocêsprovidenciariamyou (pl.) would provide
eles/elasprovidenciariamthey would provide

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
euprovidenciareiI will provide
tuprovidenciarásyou will provide
vocêprovidenciaráyou will provide
ele/elaprovidenciaráhe/she/it will provide
nósprovidenciaremoswe will provide
vósprovidenciareisyou (pl.) will provide
vocêsprovidenciarãoyou (pl.) will provide
eles/elasprovidenciarãothey will provide

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 providenciadoI have provided
tutens providenciadoyou have provided
vocêtem providenciadoyou have provided
ele/elatem providenciadohe/she/it has provided
nóstemos providenciadowe have provided
vóstendes providenciadoyou (pl.) have provided
vocêstêm providenciadoyou (pl.) have provided
eles/elastêm providenciadothey have provided

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 providenciadoI had provided
tutinhas providenciadoyou had provided
vocêtinha providenciadoyou had provided
ele/elatinha providenciadohe/she/it had provided
nóstínhamos providenciadowe had provided
vóstínheis providenciadoyou (pl.) had provided
vocêstinham providenciadoyou (pl.) had provided
eles/elastinham providenciadothey had provided

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

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 providenciadoI will have provided
tuterás providenciadoyou will have provided
vocêterá providenciadoyou will have provided
ele/elaterá providenciadohe/she/it will have provided
nósteremos providenciadowe will have provided
vóstereis providenciadoyou (pl.) will have provided
vocêsterão providenciadoyou (pl.) will have provided
eles/elasterão providenciadothey will have provided

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
euprovidencie
tuprovidencies
vocêprovidencie
ele/elaprovidencie
nósprovidenciemos
vósprovidencieis
vocêsprovidenciem
eles/elasprovidenciem

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
euprovidenciasse
tuprovidenciasses
vocêprovidenciasse
ele/elaprovidenciasse
nósprovidenciássemos
vósprovidenciásseis
vocêsprovidenciassem
eles/elasprovidenciassem

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
tuprovidencia
vocêprovidencie
ele/elaprovidencie
nósprovidenciemos
vósprovidenciai
vocêsprovidenciem
eles/elasprovidenciem

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 providencies
vocênão providencie
ele/elanão providencie
nósnão providenciemos
vósnão providencieis
vocêsnão providenciem
eles/elasnão providenciem