render — Portuguese conjugation

to yield, to surrender

Frequency#485Regular

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
eurendoI yield
turendesyou yield
vocêrendeyou yield
ele/elarendehe/she/it yields
nósrendemoswe yield
vósrendeisyou (pl.) yield
vocêsrendemyou (pl.) yield
eles/elasrendemthey yield

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
eurendiI yielded
turendesteyou yielded
vocêrendeuyou yielded
ele/elarendeuhe/she/it yielded
nósrendemoswe yielded
vósrendestesyou (pl.) yielded
vocêsrenderamyou (pl.) yielded
eles/elasrenderamthey yielded

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
eurendia
turendias
vocêrendia
ele/elarendia
nósrendíamos
vósrendíeis
vocêsrendiam
eles/elasrendiam

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
eurenderiaI would yield
turenderiasyou would yield
vocêrenderiayou would yield
ele/elarenderiahe/she/it would yield
nósrenderíamoswe would yield
vósrenderíeisyou (pl.) would yield
vocêsrenderiamyou (pl.) would yield
eles/elasrenderiamthey would yield

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
eurendereiI will yield
turenderásyou will yield
vocêrenderáyou will yield
ele/elarenderáhe/she/it will yield
nósrenderemoswe will yield
vósrendereisyou (pl.) will yield
vocêsrenderãoyou (pl.) will yield
eles/elasrenderãothey will yield

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 rendidoI have yielded
tutens rendidoyou have yielded
vocêtem rendidoyou have yielded
ele/elatem rendidohe/she/it has yielded
nóstemos rendidowe have yielded
vóstendes rendidoyou (pl.) have yielded
vocêstêm rendidoyou (pl.) have yielded
eles/elastêm rendidothey have yielded

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 rendidoI had yielded
tutinhas rendidoyou had yielded
vocêtinha rendidoyou had yielded
ele/elatinha rendidohe/she/it had yielded
nóstínhamos rendidowe had yielded
vóstínheis rendidoyou (pl.) had yielded
vocêstinham rendidoyou (pl.) had yielded
eles/elastinham rendidothey had yielded

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

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 rendidoI will have yielded
tuterás rendidoyou will have yielded
vocêterá rendidoyou will have yielded
ele/elaterá rendidohe/she/it will have yielded
nósteremos rendidowe will have yielded
vóstereis rendidoyou (pl.) will have yielded
vocêsterão rendidoyou (pl.) will have yielded
eles/elasterão rendidothey will have yielded

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
eurenda
turendas
vocêrenda
ele/elarenda
nósrendamos
vósrendais
vocêsrendam
eles/elasrendam

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
eurendesse
turendesses
vocêrendesse
ele/elarendesse
nósrendêssemos
vósrendêsseis
vocêsrendessem
eles/elasrendessem

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
turende
vocêrenda
ele/elarenda
nósrendamos
vósrendei
vocêsrendam
eles/elasrendam

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 rendas
vocênão renda
ele/elanão renda
nósnão rendamos
vósnão rendais
vocêsnão rendam
eles/elasnão rendam