recriar — Portuguese conjugation

to recreate

Frequency#895Irregular

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
eurecrioI recreate
turecriasyou recreate
vocêrecriayou recreate
ele/elarecriahe/she/it recreates
nósrecriamoswe recreate
vósrecriaisyou (pl.) recreate
vocêsrecriamyou (pl.) recreate
eles/elasrecriamthey recreate

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
eurecrieiI recreated
turecriasteyou recreated
vocêrecriouyou recreated
ele/elarecriouhe/she/it recreated
nósrecriamoswe recreated
vósrecriastesyou (pl.) recreated
vocêsrecriaramyou (pl.) recreated
eles/elasrecriaramthey recreated

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
eurecriava
turecriavas
vocêrecriava
ele/elarecriava
nósrecriávamos
vósrecriáveis
vocêsrecriavam
eles/elasrecriavam

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
eurecriariaI would recreate
turecriariasyou would recreate
vocêrecriariayou would recreate
ele/elarecriariahe/she/it would recreate
nósrecriaríamoswe would recreate
vósrecriaríeisyou (pl.) would recreate
vocêsrecriariamyou (pl.) would recreate
eles/elasrecriariamthey would recreate

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
eurecriareiI will recreate
turecriarásyou will recreate
vocêrecriaráyou will recreate
ele/elarecriaráhe/she/it will recreate
nósrecriaremoswe will recreate
vósrecriareisyou (pl.) will recreate
vocêsrecriarãoyou (pl.) will recreate
eles/elasrecriarãothey will recreate

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 recriadoI have recreated
tutens recriadoyou have recreated
vocêtem recriadoyou have recreated
ele/elatem recriadohe/she/it has recreated
nóstemos recriadowe have recreated
vóstendes recriadoyou (pl.) have recreated
vocêstêm recriadoyou (pl.) have recreated
eles/elastêm recriadothey have recreated

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 recriadoI had recreated
tutinhas recriadoyou had recreated
vocêtinha recriadoyou had recreated
ele/elatinha recriadohe/she/it had recreated
nóstínhamos recriadowe had recreated
vóstínheis recriadoyou (pl.) had recreated
vocêstinham recriadoyou (pl.) had recreated
eles/elastinham recriadothey had recreated

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

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 recriadoI will have recreated
tuterás recriadoyou will have recreated
vocêterá recriadoyou will have recreated
ele/elaterá recriadohe/she/it will have recreated
nósteremos recriadowe will have recreated
vóstereis recriadoyou (pl.) will have recreated
vocêsterão recriadoyou (pl.) will have recreated
eles/elasterão recriadothey will have recreated

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
eurecrie
turecries
vocêrecrie
ele/elarecrie
nósrecriemos
vósrecrieis
vocêsrecriem
eles/elasrecriem

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
eurecriasse
turecriasses
vocêrecriasse
ele/elarecriasse
nósrecriássemos
vósrecriásseis
vocêsrecriassem
eles/elasrecriassem

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
turecria
vocêrecrie
ele/elarecrie
nósrecriemos
vósrecriai
vocêsrecriem
eles/elasrecriem

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 recries
vocênão recrie
ele/elanão recrie
nósnão recriemos
vósnão recrieis
vocêsnão recriem
eles/elasnão recriem