raptar — Portuguese conjugation

to kidnap

Frequency#892Regular

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
euraptoI kidnap
turaptasyou kidnap
vocêraptayou kidnap
ele/elaraptahe/she/it kidnaps
nósraptamoswe kidnap
vósraptaisyou (pl.) kidnap
vocêsraptamyou (pl.) kidnap
eles/elasraptamthey kidnap

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
eurapteiI kidnapped
turaptasteyou kidnapped
vocêraptouyou kidnapped
ele/elaraptouhe/she/it kidnapped
nósraptamoswe kidnapped
vósraptastesyou (pl.) kidnapped
vocêsraptaramyou (pl.) kidnapped
eles/elasraptaramthey kidnapped

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
euraptava
turaptavas
vocêraptava
ele/elaraptava
nósraptávamos
vósraptáveis
vocêsraptavam
eles/elasraptavam

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
euraptariaI would kidnap
turaptariasyou would kidnap
vocêraptariayou would kidnap
ele/elaraptariahe/she/it would kidnap
nósraptaríamoswe would kidnap
vósraptaríeisyou (pl.) would kidnap
vocêsraptariamyou (pl.) would kidnap
eles/elasraptariamthey would kidnap

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
euraptareiI will kidnap
turaptarásyou will kidnap
vocêraptaráyou will kidnap
ele/elaraptaráhe/she/it will kidnap
nósraptaremoswe will kidnap
vósraptareisyou (pl.) will kidnap
vocêsraptarãoyou (pl.) will kidnap
eles/elasraptarãothey will kidnap

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 raptadoI have kidnapped
tutens raptadoyou have kidnapped
vocêtem raptadoyou have kidnapped
ele/elatem raptadohe/she/it has kidnapped
nóstemos raptadowe have kidnapped
vóstendes raptadoyou (pl.) have kidnapped
vocêstêm raptadoyou (pl.) have kidnapped
eles/elastêm raptadothey have kidnapped

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 raptadoI had kidnapped
tutinhas raptadoyou had kidnapped
vocêtinha raptadoyou had kidnapped
ele/elatinha raptadohe/she/it had kidnapped
nóstínhamos raptadowe had kidnapped
vóstínheis raptadoyou (pl.) had kidnapped
vocêstinham raptadoyou (pl.) had kidnapped
eles/elastinham raptadothey had kidnapped

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

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 raptadoI will have kidnapped
tuterás raptadoyou will have kidnapped
vocêterá raptadoyou will have kidnapped
ele/elaterá raptadohe/she/it will have kidnapped
nósteremos raptadowe will have kidnapped
vóstereis raptadoyou (pl.) will have kidnapped
vocêsterão raptadoyou (pl.) will have kidnapped
eles/elasterão raptadothey will have kidnapped

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
eurapte
turaptes
vocêrapte
ele/elarapte
nósraptemos
vósrapteis
vocêsraptem
eles/elasraptem

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
euraptasse
turaptasses
vocêraptasse
ele/elaraptasse
nósraptássemos
vósraptásseis
vocêsraptassem
eles/elasraptassem

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
turapta
vocêrapte
ele/elarapte
nósraptemos
vósraptai
vocêsraptem
eles/elasraptem

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 raptes
vocênão rapte
ele/elanão rapte
nósnão raptemos
vósnão rapteis
vocêsnão raptem
eles/elasnão raptem