redigir — Portuguese conjugation

to draft

Frequency#1025IrregularReflexiveredigir-se — to write oneself

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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
euredijoI draft
turedigesyou draft
vocêredigeyou draft
ele/elaredigehe/she/it drafts
nósredigimoswe draft
vósredigisyou (pl.) draft
vocêsredigemyou (pl.) draft
eles/elasredigemthey draft

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
euredigiI drafted
turedigisteyou drafted
vocêredigiuyou drafted
ele/elaredigiuhe/she/it drafted
nósredigimoswe drafted
vósredigistesyou (pl.) drafted
vocêsredigiramyou (pl.) drafted
eles/elasredigiramthey drafted

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
euredigia
turedigias
vocêredigia
ele/elaredigia
nósredigíamos
vósredigíeis
vocêsredigiam
eles/elasredigiam

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
euredigiriaI would draft
turedigiriasyou would draft
vocêredigiriayou would draft
ele/elaredigiriahe/she/it would draft
nósredigiríamoswe would draft
vósredigiríeisyou (pl.) would draft
vocêsredigiriamyou (pl.) would draft
eles/elasredigiriamthey would draft

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
euredigireiI will draft
turedigirásyou will draft
vocêredigiráyou will draft
ele/elaredigiráhe/she/it will draft
nósredigiremoswe will draft
vósredigireisyou (pl.) will draft
vocêsredigirãoyou (pl.) will draft
eles/elasredigirãothey will draft

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 redigidoI have drafted
tutens redigidoyou have drafted
vocêtem redigidoyou have drafted
ele/elatem redigidohe/she/it has drafted
nóstemos redigidowe have drafted
vóstendes redigidoyou (pl.) have drafted
vocêstêm redigidoyou (pl.) have drafted
eles/elastêm redigidothey have drafted

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 redigidoI had drafted
tutinhas redigidoyou had drafted
vocêtinha redigidoyou had drafted
ele/elatinha redigidohe/she/it had drafted
nóstínhamos redigidowe had drafted
vóstínheis redigidoyou (pl.) had drafted
vocêstinham redigidoyou (pl.) had drafted
eles/elastinham redigidothey had drafted

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

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 redigidoI will have drafted
tuterás redigidoyou will have drafted
vocêterá redigidoyou will have drafted
ele/elaterá redigidohe/she/it will have drafted
nósteremos redigidowe will have drafted
vóstereis redigidoyou (pl.) will have drafted
vocêsterão redigidoyou (pl.) will have drafted
eles/elasterão redigidothey will have drafted

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
euredija
turedijas
vocêredija
ele/elaredija
nósredijamos
vósredijais
vocêsredijam
eles/elasredijam

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
euredigisse
turedigisses
vocêredigisse
ele/elaredigisse
nósredigíssemos
vósredigísseis
vocêsredigissem
eles/elasredigissem

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
turedige
vocêredija
ele/elaredija
nósredijamos
vósredigi
vocêsredijam
eles/elasredijam

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 redijas
vocênão redija
ele/elanão redija
nósnão redijamos
vósnão redijais
vocêsnão redijam
eles/elasnão redijam