reflectir — Portuguese conjugation

to reflect

Frequency#1028Regular

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
eureflictoI reflect
tureflectesyou reflect
vocêreflecteyou reflect
ele/elareflectehe/she/it reflects
nósreflectimoswe reflect
vósreflectisyou (pl.) reflect
vocêsreflectemyou (pl.) reflect
eles/elasreflectemthey reflect

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
eureflectiI reflected
tureflectisteyou reflected
vocêreflectiuyou reflected
ele/elareflectiuhe/she/it reflected
nósreflectimoswe reflected
vósreflectistesyou (pl.) reflected
vocêsreflectiramyou (pl.) reflected
eles/elasreflectiramthey reflected

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
eureflectia
tureflectias
vocêreflectia
ele/elareflectia
nósreflectíamos
vósreflectíeis
vocêsreflectiam
eles/elasreflectiam

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
eureflectiriaI would reflect
tureflectiriasyou would reflect
vocêreflectiriayou would reflect
ele/elareflectiriahe/she/it would reflect
nósreflectiríamoswe would reflect
vósreflectiríeisyou (pl.) would reflect
vocêsreflectiriamyou (pl.) would reflect
eles/elasreflectiriamthey would reflect

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
eureflectireiI will reflect
tureflectirásyou will reflect
vocêreflectiráyou will reflect
ele/elareflectiráhe/she/it will reflect
nósreflectiremoswe will reflect
vósreflectireisyou (pl.) will reflect
vocêsreflectirãoyou (pl.) will reflect
eles/elasreflectirãothey will reflect

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 reflectidoI have reflected
tutens reflectidoyou have reflected
vocêtem reflectidoyou have reflected
ele/elatem reflectidohe/she/it has reflected
nóstemos reflectidowe have reflected
vóstendes reflectidoyou (pl.) have reflected
vocêstêm reflectidoyou (pl.) have reflected
eles/elastêm reflectidothey have reflected

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 reflectidoI had reflected
tutinhas reflectidoyou had reflected
vocêtinha reflectidoyou had reflected
ele/elatinha reflectidohe/she/it had reflected
nóstínhamos reflectidowe had reflected
vóstínheis reflectidoyou (pl.) had reflected
vocêstinham reflectidoyou (pl.) had reflected
eles/elastinham reflectidothey had reflected

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

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 reflectidoI will have reflected
tuterás reflectidoyou will have reflected
vocêterá reflectidoyou will have reflected
ele/elaterá reflectidohe/she/it will have reflected
nósteremos reflectidowe will have reflected
vóstereis reflectidoyou (pl.) will have reflected
vocêsterão reflectidoyou (pl.) will have reflected
eles/elasterão reflectidothey will have reflected

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
eureflicta
tureflictas
vocêreflicta
ele/elareflicta
nósreflictamos
vósreflictais
vocêsreflictam
eles/elasreflictam

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
eureflectisse
tureflectisses
vocêreflectisse
ele/elareflectisse
nósreflectíssemos
vósreflectísseis
vocêsreflectissem
eles/elasreflectissem

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
tureflecte
vocêreflicta
ele/elareflicta
nósreflictamos
vósreflecti
vocêsreflictam
eles/elasreflictam

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 reflictas
vocênão reflicta
ele/elanão reflicta
nósnão reflictamos
vósnão reflictais
vocêsnão reflictam
eles/elasnão reflictam