renascer — Portuguese conjugation
to be born again
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | renasço | I am born again |
| tu | renasces | you are born again |
| você | renasce | you are born again |
| ele/ela | renasce | he/she/it is born again |
| nós | renascemos | we are born again |
| vós | renasceis | you (pl.) are born again |
| vocês | renascem | you (pl.) are born again |
| eles/elas | renascem | they are born again |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | renasci | I was born again |
| tu | renasceste | you were born again |
| você | renasceu | you were born again |
| ele/ela | renasceu | he/she/it was born again |
| nós | renascemos | we were born again |
| vós | renascestes | you (pl.) were born again |
| vocês | renasceram | you (pl.) were born again |
| eles/elas | renasceram | they were born again |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | renascia |
| tu | renascias |
| você | renascia |
| ele/ela | renascia |
| nós | renascíamos |
| vós | renascíeis |
| vocês | renasciam |
| eles/elas | renasciam |
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?
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | renasceria | I would be born again |
| tu | renascerias | you would be born again |
| você | renasceria | you would be born again |
| ele/ela | renasceria | he/she/it would be born again |
| nós | renasceríamos | we would be born again |
| vós | renasceríeis | you (pl.) would be born again |
| vocês | renasceriam | you (pl.) would be born again |
| eles/elas | renasceriam | they would be born again |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | renascerei | I will be born again |
| tu | renascerás | you will be born again |
| você | renascerá | you will be born again |
| ele/ela | renascerá | he/she/it will be born again |
| nós | renasceremos | we will be born again |
| vós | renascereis | you (pl.) will be born again |
| vocês | renascerão | you (pl.) will be born again |
| eles/elas | renascerão | they will be born again |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tenho renascido | I have been born again |
| tu | tens renascido | you have been born again |
| você | tem renascido | you have been born again |
| ele/ela | tem renascido | he/she/it has been born again |
| nós | temos renascido | we have been born again |
| vós | tendes renascido | you (pl.) have been born again |
| vocês | têm renascido | you (pl.) have been born again |
| eles/elas | têm renascido | they have been born again |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tinha renascido | I had been born again |
| tu | tinhas renascido | you had been born again |
| você | tinha renascido | you had been born again |
| ele/ela | tinha renascido | he/she/it had been born again |
| nós | tínhamos renascido | we had been born again |
| vós | tínheis renascido | you (pl.) had been born again |
| vocês | tinham renascido | you (pl.) had been born again |
| eles/elas | tinham renascido | they had been born again |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | teria renascido |
| tu | terias renascido |
| você | teria renascido |
| ele/ela | teria renascido |
| nós | teríamos renascido |
| vós | teríeis renascido |
| vocês | teriam renascido |
| eles/elas | teriam renascido |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | terei renascido | I will have been born again |
| tu | terás renascido | you will have been born again |
| você | terá renascido | you will have been born again |
| ele/ela | terá renascido | he/she/it will have been born again |
| nós | teremos renascido | we will have been born again |
| vós | tereis renascido | you (pl.) will have been born again |
| vocês | terão renascido | you (pl.) will have been born again |
| eles/elas | terão renascido | they will have been born again |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | renasça |
| tu | renasças |
| você | renasça |
| ele/ela | renasça |
| nós | renasçamos |
| vós | renasçais |
| vocês | renasçam |
| eles/elas | renasçam |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | renascesse |
| tu | renascesses |
| você | renascesse |
| ele/ela | renascesse |
| nós | renascêssemos |
| vós | renascêsseis |
| vocês | renascessem |
| eles/elas | renascessem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | renasce |
| você | renasça |
| ele/ela | renasça |
| nós | renasçamos |
| vós | renascei |
| vocês | renasçam |
| eles/elas | renasçam |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | não renasças |
| você | não renasça |
| ele/ela | não renasça |
| nós | não renasçamos |
| vós | não renasçais |
| vocês | não renasçam |
| eles/elas | não renasçam |