recuperar — Portuguese conjugation

to recover

Frequency#768IrregularReflexiverecuperar-se — to recover oneself

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
eurecuperoI recover
turecuperasyou recover
vocêrecuperayou recover
ele/elarecuperahe/she/it recovers
nósrecuperamoswe recover
vósrecuperaisyou (pl.) recover
vocêsrecuperamyou (pl.) recover
eles/elasrecuperamthey recover

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
eurecupereiI recovered
turecuperasteyou recovered
vocêrecuperouyou recovered
ele/elarecuperouhe/she/it recovered
nósrecuperamoswe recovered
vósrecuperastesyou (pl.) recovered
vocêsrecuperaramyou (pl.) recovered
eles/elasrecuperaramthey recovered

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
eurecuperava
turecuperavas
vocêrecuperava
ele/elarecuperava
nósrecuperávamos
vósrecuperáveis
vocêsrecuperavam
eles/elasrecuperavam

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
eurecuperariaI would recover
turecuperariasyou would recover
vocêrecuperariayou would recover
ele/elarecuperariahe/she/it would recover
nósrecuperaríamoswe would recover
vósrecuperaríeisyou (pl.) would recover
vocêsrecuperariamyou (pl.) would recover
eles/elasrecuperariamthey would recover

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
eurecuperareiI will recover
turecuperarásyou will recover
vocêrecuperaráyou will recover
ele/elarecuperaráhe/she/it will recover
nósrecuperaremoswe will recover
vósrecuperareisyou (pl.) will recover
vocêsrecuperarãoyou (pl.) will recover
eles/elasrecuperarãothey will recover

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 recuperadoI have recovered
tutens recuperadoyou have recovered
vocêtem recuperadoyou have recovered
ele/elatem recuperadohe/she/it has recovered
nóstemos recuperadowe have recovered
vóstendes recuperadoyou (pl.) have recovered
vocêstêm recuperadoyou (pl.) have recovered
eles/elastêm recuperadothey have recovered

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 recuperadoI had recovered
tutinhas recuperadoyou had recovered
vocêtinha recuperadoyou had recovered
ele/elatinha recuperadohe/she/it had recovered
nóstínhamos recuperadowe had recovered
vóstínheis recuperadoyou (pl.) had recovered
vocêstinham recuperadoyou (pl.) had recovered
eles/elastinham recuperadothey had recovered

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

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 recuperadoI will have recovered
tuterás recuperadoyou will have recovered
vocêterá recuperadoyou will have recovered
ele/elaterá recuperadohe/she/it will have recovered
nósteremos recuperadowe will have recovered
vóstereis recuperadoyou (pl.) will have recovered
vocêsterão recuperadoyou (pl.) will have recovered
eles/elasterão recuperadothey will have recovered

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
eurecupere
turecuperes
vocêrecupere
ele/elarecupere
nósrecuperemos
vósrecupereis
vocêsrecuperem
eles/elasrecuperem

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
eurecuperasse
turecuperasses
vocêrecuperasse
ele/elarecuperasse
nósrecuperássemos
vósrecuperásseis
vocêsrecuperassem
eles/elasrecuperassem

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
turecupera
vocêrecupere
ele/elarecupere
nósrecuperemos
vósrecuperai
vocêsrecuperem
eles/elasrecuperem

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 recuperes
vocênão recupere
ele/elanão recupere
nósnão recuperemos
vósnão recupereis
vocêsnão recuperem
eles/elasnão recuperem