reduzir — Portuguese conjugation

to reduce

Frequency#473Irregular

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
eureduzoI reduce
tureduzesyou reduce
vocêreduzyou reduce
ele/elareduzhe/she/it reduces
nósreduzimoswe reduce
vósreduzisyou (pl.) reduce
vocêsreduzemyou (pl.) reduce
eles/elasreduzemthey reduce

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
eureduziI reduced
tureduzisteyou reduced
vocêreduziuyou reduced
ele/elareduziuhe/she/it reduced
nósreduzimoswe reduced
vósreduzistesyou (pl.) reduced
vocêsreduziramyou (pl.) reduced
eles/elasreduziramthey reduced

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
eureduzia
tureduzias
vocêreduzia
ele/elareduzia
nósreduzíamos
vósreduzíeis
vocêsreduziam
eles/elasreduziam

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
eureduziriaI would reduce
tureduziriasyou would reduce
vocêreduziriayou would reduce
ele/elareduziriahe/she/it would reduce
nósreduziríamoswe would reduce
vósreduziríeisyou (pl.) would reduce
vocêsreduziriamyou (pl.) would reduce
eles/elasreduziriamthey would reduce

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
eureduzireiI will reduce
tureduzirásyou will reduce
vocêreduziráyou will reduce
ele/elareduziráhe/she/it will reduce
nósreduziremoswe will reduce
vósreduzireisyou (pl.) will reduce
vocêsreduzirãoyou (pl.) will reduce
eles/elasreduzirãothey will reduce

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 reduzidoI have reduced
tutens reduzidoyou have reduced
vocêtem reduzidoyou have reduced
ele/elatem reduzidohe/she/it has reduced
nóstemos reduzidowe have reduced
vóstendes reduzidoyou (pl.) have reduced
vocêstêm reduzidoyou (pl.) have reduced
eles/elastêm reduzidothey have reduced

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 reduzidoI had reduced
tutinhas reduzidoyou had reduced
vocêtinha reduzidoyou had reduced
ele/elatinha reduzidohe/she/it had reduced
nóstínhamos reduzidowe had reduced
vóstínheis reduzidoyou (pl.) had reduced
vocêstinham reduzidoyou (pl.) had reduced
eles/elastinham reduzidothey had reduced

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

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 reduzidoI will have reduced
tuterás reduzidoyou will have reduced
vocêterá reduzidoyou will have reduced
ele/elaterá reduzidohe/she/it will have reduced
nósteremos reduzidowe will have reduced
vóstereis reduzidoyou (pl.) will have reduced
vocêsterão reduzidoyou (pl.) will have reduced
eles/elasterão reduzidothey will have reduced

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
eureduza
tureduzas
vocêreduza
ele/elareduza
nósreduzamos
vósreduzais
vocêsreduzam
eles/elasreduzam

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
eureduzisse
tureduzisses
vocêreduzisse
ele/elareduzisse
nósreduzíssemos
vósreduzísseis
vocêsreduzissem
eles/elasreduzissem

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
tureduze
vocêreduza
ele/elareduza
nósreduzamos
vósreduzi
vocêsreduzam
eles/elasreduzam

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 reduzas
vocênão reduza
ele/elanão reduza
nósnão reduzamos
vósnão reduzais
vocêsnão reduzam
eles/elasnão reduzam