reiniciar — Portuguese conjugation

to restart (to start again)

Frequency#1035Regular

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
eureinicioI restart
tureiniciasyou restart
vocêreiniciayou restart
ele/elareiniciahe/she/it restarts
nósreiniciamoswe restart
vósreiniciaisyou (pl.) restart
vocêsreiniciamyou (pl.) restart
eles/elasreiniciamthey restart

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
eureinicieiI restarted
tureiniciasteyou restarted
vocêreiniciouyou restarted
ele/elareiniciouhe/she/it restarted
nósreiniciamoswe restarted
vósreiniciastesyou (pl.) restarted
vocêsreiniciaramyou (pl.) restarted
eles/elasreiniciaramthey restarted

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
eureiniciava
tureiniciavas
vocêreiniciava
ele/elareiniciava
nósreiniciávamos
vósreiniciáveis
vocêsreiniciavam
eles/elasreiniciavam

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
eureiniciariaI would restart
tureiniciariasyou would restart
vocêreiniciariayou would restart
ele/elareiniciariahe/she/it would restart
nósreiniciaríamoswe would restart
vósreiniciaríeisyou (pl.) would restart
vocêsreiniciariamyou (pl.) would restart
eles/elasreiniciariamthey would restart

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
eureiniciareiI will restart
tureiniciarásyou will restart
vocêreiniciaráyou will restart
ele/elareiniciaráhe/she/it will restart
nósreiniciaremoswe will restart
vósreiniciareisyou (pl.) will restart
vocêsreiniciarãoyou (pl.) will restart
eles/elasreiniciarãothey will restart

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 reiniciadoI have restarted
tutens reiniciadoyou have restarted
vocêtem reiniciadoyou have restarted
ele/elatem reiniciadohe/she/it has restarted
nóstemos reiniciadowe have restarted
vóstendes reiniciadoyou (pl.) have restarted
vocêstêm reiniciadoyou (pl.) have restarted
eles/elastêm reiniciadothey have restarted

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 reiniciadoI had restarted
tutinhas reiniciadoyou had restarted
vocêtinha reiniciadoyou had restarted
ele/elatinha reiniciadohe/she/it had restarted
nóstínhamos reiniciadowe had restarted
vóstínheis reiniciadoyou (pl.) had restarted
vocêstinham reiniciadoyou (pl.) had restarted
eles/elastinham reiniciadothey had restarted

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

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 reiniciadoI will have restarted
tuterás reiniciadoyou will have restarted
vocêterá reiniciadoyou will have restarted
ele/elaterá reiniciadohe/she/it will have restarted
nósteremos reiniciadowe will have restarted
vóstereis reiniciadoyou (pl.) will have restarted
vocêsterão reiniciadoyou (pl.) will have restarted
eles/elasterão reiniciadothey will have restarted

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
eureinicie
tureinicies
vocêreinicie
ele/elareinicie
nósreiniciemos
vósreinicieis
vocêsreiniciem
eles/elasreiniciem

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
eureiniciasse
tureiniciasses
vocêreiniciasse
ele/elareiniciasse
nósreiniciássemos
vósreiniciásseis
vocêsreiniciassem
eles/elasreiniciassem

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
tureinicia
vocêreinicie
ele/elareinicie
nósreiniciemos
vósreiniciai
vocêsreiniciem
eles/elasreiniciem

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 reinicies
vocênão reinicie
ele/elanão reinicie
nósnão reiniciemos
vósnão reinicieis
vocêsnão reiniciem
eles/elasnão reiniciem