remar — Portuguese conjugation

to row

Frequency#1036Regular

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
euremoI row
turemasyou row
vocêremayou row
ele/elaremahe/she/it rows
nósremamoswe row
vósremaisyou (pl.) row
vocêsremamyou (pl.) row
eles/elasremamthey row

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
euremeiI rowed
turemasteyou rowed
vocêremouyou rowed
ele/elaremouhe/she/it rowed
nósremamoswe rowed
vósremastesyou (pl.) rowed
vocêsremaramyou (pl.) rowed
eles/elasremaramthey rowed

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
euremava
turemavas
vocêremava
ele/elaremava
nósremávamos
vósremáveis
vocêsremavam
eles/elasremavam

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
euremariaI would row
turemariasyou would row
vocêremariayou would row
ele/elaremariahe/she/it would row
nósremaríamoswe would row
vósremaríeisyou (pl.) would row
vocêsremariamyou (pl.) would row
eles/elasremariamthey would row

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
euremareiI will row
turemarásyou will row
vocêremaráyou will row
ele/elaremaráhe/she/it will row
nósremaremoswe will row
vósremareisyou (pl.) will row
vocêsremarãoyou (pl.) will row
eles/elasremarãothey will row

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 remadoI have rowed
tutens remadoyou have rowed
vocêtem remadoyou have rowed
ele/elatem remadohe/she/it has rowed
nóstemos remadowe have rowed
vóstendes remadoyou (pl.) have rowed
vocêstêm remadoyou (pl.) have rowed
eles/elastêm remadothey have rowed

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 remadoI had rowed
tutinhas remadoyou had rowed
vocêtinha remadoyou had rowed
ele/elatinha remadohe/she/it had rowed
nóstínhamos remadowe had rowed
vóstínheis remadoyou (pl.) had rowed
vocêstinham remadoyou (pl.) had rowed
eles/elastinham remadothey had rowed

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

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 remadoI will have rowed
tuterás remadoyou will have rowed
vocêterá remadoyou will have rowed
ele/elaterá remadohe/she/it will have rowed
nósteremos remadowe will have rowed
vóstereis remadoyou (pl.) will have rowed
vocêsterão remadoyou (pl.) will have rowed
eles/elasterão remadothey will have rowed

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
eureme
turemes
vocêreme
ele/elareme
nósrememos
vósremeis
vocêsremem
eles/elasremem

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
euremasse
turemasses
vocêremasse
ele/elaremasse
nósremássemos
vósremásseis
vocêsremassem
eles/elasremassem

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
turema
vocêreme
ele/elareme
nósrememos
vósremai
vocêsremem
eles/elasremem

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 remes
vocênão reme
ele/elanão reme
nósnão rememos
vósnão remeis
vocêsnão remem
eles/elasnão remem