reconsiderar — Portuguese conjugation

to reconsider (to consider a decided matter again)

Frequency#1023Irregular

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
eureconsideroI reconsider
tureconsiderasyou reconsider
vocêreconsiderayou reconsider
ele/elareconsiderahe/she/it reconsiders
nósreconsideramoswe reconsider
vósreconsideraisyou (pl.) reconsider
vocêsreconsideramyou (pl.) reconsider
eles/elasreconsideramthey reconsider

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
eureconsidereiI reconsidered
tureconsiderasteyou reconsidered
vocêreconsiderouyou reconsidered
ele/elareconsiderouhe/she/it reconsidered
nósreconsideramoswe reconsidered
vósreconsiderastesyou (pl.) reconsidered
vocêsreconsideraramyou (pl.) reconsidered
eles/elasreconsideraramthey reconsidered

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
eureconsiderava
tureconsideravas
vocêreconsiderava
ele/elareconsiderava
nósreconsiderávamos
vósreconsideráveis
vocêsreconsideravam
eles/elasreconsideravam

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
eureconsiderariaI would reconsider
tureconsiderariasyou would reconsider
vocêreconsiderariayou would reconsider
ele/elareconsiderariahe/she/it would reconsider
nósreconsideraríamoswe would reconsider
vósreconsideraríeisyou (pl.) would reconsider
vocêsreconsiderariamyou (pl.) would reconsider
eles/elasreconsiderariamthey would reconsider

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
eureconsiderareiI will reconsider
tureconsiderarásyou will reconsider
vocêreconsideraráyou will reconsider
ele/elareconsideraráhe/she/it will reconsider
nósreconsideraremoswe will reconsider
vósreconsiderareisyou (pl.) will reconsider
vocêsreconsiderarãoyou (pl.) will reconsider
eles/elasreconsiderarãothey will reconsider

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 reconsideradoI have reconsidered
tutens reconsideradoyou have reconsidered
vocêtem reconsideradoyou have reconsidered
ele/elatem reconsideradohe/she/it has reconsidered
nóstemos reconsideradowe have reconsidered
vóstendes reconsideradoyou (pl.) have reconsidered
vocêstêm reconsideradoyou (pl.) have reconsidered
eles/elastêm reconsideradothey have reconsidered

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 reconsideradoI had reconsidered
tutinhas reconsideradoyou had reconsidered
vocêtinha reconsideradoyou had reconsidered
ele/elatinha reconsideradohe/she/it had reconsidered
nóstínhamos reconsideradowe had reconsidered
vóstínheis reconsideradoyou (pl.) had reconsidered
vocêstinham reconsideradoyou (pl.) had reconsidered
eles/elastinham reconsideradothey had reconsidered

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

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 reconsideradoI will have reconsidered
tuterás reconsideradoyou will have reconsidered
vocêterá reconsideradoyou will have reconsidered
ele/elaterá reconsideradohe/she/it will have reconsidered
nósteremos reconsideradowe will have reconsidered
vóstereis reconsideradoyou (pl.) will have reconsidered
vocêsterão reconsideradoyou (pl.) will have reconsidered
eles/elasterão reconsideradothey will have reconsidered

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
eureconsidere
tureconsideres
vocêreconsidere
ele/elareconsidere
nósreconsideremos
vósreconsidereis
vocêsreconsiderem
eles/elasreconsiderem

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
eureconsiderasse
tureconsiderasses
vocêreconsiderasse
ele/elareconsiderasse
nósreconsiderássemos
vósreconsiderásseis
vocêsreconsiderassem
eles/elasreconsiderassem

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
tureconsidera
vocêreconsidere
ele/elareconsidere
nósreconsideremos
vósreconsiderai
vocêsreconsiderem
eles/elasreconsiderem

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 reconsideres
vocênão reconsidere
ele/elanão reconsidere
nósnão reconsideremos
vósnão reconsidereis
vocêsnão reconsiderem
eles/elasnão reconsiderem