provocar — Portuguese conjugation

to provoke

Frequency#220Irregular

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
euprovocoI provoke
tuprovocasyou provoke
vocêprovocayou provoke
ele/elaprovocahe/she/it provokes
nósprovocamoswe provoke
vósprovocaisyou (pl.) provoke
vocêsprovocamyou (pl.) provoke
eles/elasprovocamthey provoke

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
euprovoqueiI provoked
tuprovocasteyou provoked
vocêprovocouyou provoked
ele/elaprovocouhe/she/it provoked
nósprovocamoswe provoked
vósprovocastesyou (pl.) provoked
vocêsprovocaramyou (pl.) provoked
eles/elasprovocaramthey provoked

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
euprovocava
tuprovocavas
vocêprovocava
ele/elaprovocava
nósprovocávamos
vósprovocáveis
vocêsprovocavam
eles/elasprovocavam

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
euprovocariaI would provoke
tuprovocariasyou would provoke
vocêprovocariayou would provoke
ele/elaprovocariahe/she/it would provoke
nósprovocaríamoswe would provoke
vósprovocaríeisyou (pl.) would provoke
vocêsprovocariamyou (pl.) would provoke
eles/elasprovocariamthey would provoke

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
euprovocareiI will provoke
tuprovocarásyou will provoke
vocêprovocaráyou will provoke
ele/elaprovocaráhe/she/it will provoke
nósprovocaremoswe will provoke
vósprovocareisyou (pl.) will provoke
vocêsprovocarãoyou (pl.) will provoke
eles/elasprovocarãothey will provoke

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 provocadoI have provoked
tutens provocadoyou have provoked
vocêtem provocadoyou have provoked
ele/elatem provocadohe/she/it has provoked
nóstemos provocadowe have provoked
vóstendes provocadoyou (pl.) have provoked
vocêstêm provocadoyou (pl.) have provoked
eles/elastêm provocadothey have provoked

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 provocadoI had provoked
tutinhas provocadoyou had provoked
vocêtinha provocadoyou had provoked
ele/elatinha provocadohe/she/it had provoked
nóstínhamos provocadowe had provoked
vóstínheis provocadoyou (pl.) had provoked
vocêstinham provocadoyou (pl.) had provoked
eles/elastinham provocadothey had provoked

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

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 provocadoI will have provoked
tuterás provocadoyou will have provoked
vocêterá provocadoyou will have provoked
ele/elaterá provocadohe/she/it will have provoked
nósteremos provocadowe will have provoked
vóstereis provocadoyou (pl.) will have provoked
vocêsterão provocadoyou (pl.) will have provoked
eles/elasterão provocadothey will have provoked

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
euprovoque
tuprovoques
vocêprovoque
ele/elaprovoque
nósprovoquemos
vósprovoqueis
vocêsprovoquem
eles/elasprovoquem

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
euprovocasse
tuprovocasses
vocêprovocasse
ele/elaprovocasse
nósprovocássemos
vósprovocásseis
vocêsprovocassem
eles/elasprovocassem

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
tuprovoca
vocêprovoque
ele/elaprovoque
nósprovoquemos
vósprovocai
vocêsprovoquem
eles/elasprovoquem

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 provoques
vocênão provoque
ele/elanão provoque
nósnão provoquemos
vósnão provoqueis
vocêsnão provoquem
eles/elasnão provoquem