reabrir — Portuguese conjugation

to reopen, to open again

Frequency#1199Irregular

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
eureabroI reopen
tureabresyou reopen
vocêreabreyou reopen
ele/elareabrehe/she/it reopens
nósreabrimoswe reopen
vósreabrisyou (pl.) reopen
vocêsreabremyou (pl.) reopen
eles/elasreabremthey reopen

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
eureabriI reopened
tureabristeyou reopened
vocêreabriuyou reopened
ele/elareabriuhe/she/it reopened
nósreabrimoswe reopened
vósreabristesyou (pl.) reopened
vocêsreabriramyou (pl.) reopened
eles/elasreabriramthey reopened

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
eureabria
tureabrias
vocêreabria
ele/elareabria
nósreabríamos
vósreabríeis
vocêsreabriam
eles/elasreabriam

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
eureabririaI would reopen
tureabririasyou would reopen
vocêreabririayou would reopen
ele/elareabririahe/she/it would reopen
nósreabriríamoswe would reopen
vósreabriríeisyou (pl.) would reopen
vocêsreabririamyou (pl.) would reopen
eles/elasreabririamthey would reopen

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
eureabrireiI will reopen
tureabrirásyou will reopen
vocêreabriráyou will reopen
ele/elareabriráhe/she/it will reopen
nósreabriremoswe will reopen
vósreabrireisyou (pl.) will reopen
vocêsreabrirãoyou (pl.) will reopen
eles/elasreabrirãothey will reopen

Present perfect (Pretérito perfeito composto) Irregular

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 reabertoI have reopened
tutens reabertoyou have reopened
vocêtem reabertoyou have reopened
ele/elatem reabertohe/she/it has reopened
nóstemos reabertowe have reopened
vóstendes reabertoyou (pl.) have reopened
vocêstêm reabertoyou (pl.) have reopened
eles/elastêm reabertothey have reopened

Pluperfect (Mais-que-perfeito composto) Irregular

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 reabertoI had reopened
tutinhas reabertoyou had reopened
vocêtinha reabertoyou had reopened
ele/elatinha reabertohe/she/it had reopened
nóstínhamos reabertowe had reopened
vóstínheis reabertoyou (pl.) had reopened
vocêstinham reabertoyou (pl.) had reopened
eles/elastinham reabertothey had reopened

Conditional perfect (Condicional composto) Irregular

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

Future perfect (Futuro composto) Irregular

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 reabertoI will have reopened
tuterás reabertoyou will have reopened
vocêterá reabertoyou will have reopened
ele/elaterá reabertohe/she/it will have reopened
nósteremos reabertowe will have reopened
vóstereis reabertoyou (pl.) will have reopened
vocêsterão reabertoyou (pl.) will have reopened
eles/elasterão reabertothey will have reopened

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
eureabra
tureabras
vocêreabra
ele/elareabra
nósreabramos
vósreabrais
vocêsreabram
eles/elasreabram

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
eureabrisse
tureabrisses
vocêreabrisse
ele/elareabrisse
nósreabríssemos
vósreabrísseis
vocêsreabrissem
eles/elasreabrissem

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
tureabre
vocêreabra
ele/elareabra
nósreabramos
vósreabri
vocêsreabram
eles/elasreabram

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 reabras
vocênão reabra
ele/elanão reabra
nósnão reabramos
vósnão reabrais
vocêsnão reabram
eles/elasnão reabram