referenciar — Portuguese conjugation

to reference

Frequency#400Irregular

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
eureferencioI reference
tureferenciasyou reference
vocêreferenciayou reference
ele/elareferenciahe/she/it references
nósreferenciamoswe reference
vósreferenciaisyou (pl.) reference
vocêsreferenciamyou (pl.) reference
eles/elasreferenciamthey reference

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
eureferencieiI referenced
tureferenciasteyou referenced
vocêreferenciouyou referenced
ele/elareferenciouhe/she/it referenced
nósreferenciamoswe referenced
vósreferenciastesyou (pl.) referenced
vocêsreferenciaramyou (pl.) referenced
eles/elasreferenciaramthey referenced

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
eureferenciava
tureferenciavas
vocêreferenciava
ele/elareferenciava
nósreferenciávamos
vósreferenciáveis
vocêsreferenciavam
eles/elasreferenciavam

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
eureferenciariaI would reference
tureferenciariasyou would reference
vocêreferenciariayou would reference
ele/elareferenciariahe/she/it would reference
nósreferenciaríamoswe would reference
vósreferenciaríeisyou (pl.) would reference
vocêsreferenciariamyou (pl.) would reference
eles/elasreferenciariamthey would reference

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
eureferenciareiI will reference
tureferenciarásyou will reference
vocêreferenciaráyou will reference
ele/elareferenciaráhe/she/it will reference
nósreferenciaremoswe will reference
vósreferenciareisyou (pl.) will reference
vocêsreferenciarãoyou (pl.) will reference
eles/elasreferenciarãothey will reference

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 referenciadoI have referenced
tutens referenciadoyou have referenced
vocêtem referenciadoyou have referenced
ele/elatem referenciadohe/she/it has referenced
nóstemos referenciadowe have referenced
vóstendes referenciadoyou (pl.) have referenced
vocêstêm referenciadoyou (pl.) have referenced
eles/elastêm referenciadothey have referenced

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 referenciadoI had referenced
tutinhas referenciadoyou had referenced
vocêtinha referenciadoyou had referenced
ele/elatinha referenciadohe/she/it had referenced
nóstínhamos referenciadowe had referenced
vóstínheis referenciadoyou (pl.) had referenced
vocêstinham referenciadoyou (pl.) had referenced
eles/elastinham referenciadothey had referenced

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

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 referenciadoI will have referenced
tuterás referenciadoyou will have referenced
vocêterá referenciadoyou will have referenced
ele/elaterá referenciadohe/she/it will have referenced
nósteremos referenciadowe will have referenced
vóstereis referenciadoyou (pl.) will have referenced
vocêsterão referenciadoyou (pl.) will have referenced
eles/elasterão referenciadothey will have referenced

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
eureferencie
tureferencies
vocêreferencie
ele/elareferencie
nósreferenciemos
vósreferencieis
vocêsreferenciem
eles/elasreferenciem

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
eureferenciasse
tureferenciasses
vocêreferenciasse
ele/elareferenciasse
nósreferenciássemos
vósreferenciásseis
vocêsreferenciassem
eles/elasreferenciassem

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
tureferencia
vocêreferencie
ele/elareferencie
nósreferenciemos
vósreferenciai
vocêsreferenciem
eles/elasreferenciem

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 referencies
vocênão referencie
ele/elanão referencie
nósnão referenciemos
vósnão referencieis
vocêsnão referenciem
eles/elasnão referenciem