retificar — Portuguese conjugation

to rectify

Frequency#1045IrregularReflexiveretificar-se — to rectify oneself

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
euretificoI rectify
turetificasyou rectify
vocêretificayou rectify
ele/elaretificahe/she/it rectifies
nósretificamoswe rectify
vósretificaisyou (pl.) rectify
vocêsretificamyou (pl.) rectify
eles/elasretificamthey rectify

Preterite (Pretérito perfeito simples) Irregular

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
euretifiqueiI rectified
turetificasteyou rectified
vocêretificouyou rectified
ele/elaretificouhe/she/it rectified
nósretificamoswe rectified
vósretificastesyou (pl.) rectified
vocêsretificaramyou (pl.) rectified
eles/elasretificaramthey rectified

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
euretificava
turetificavas
vocêretificava
ele/elaretificava
nósretificávamos
vósretificáveis
vocêsretificavam
eles/elasretificavam

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
euretificariaI would rectify
turetificariasyou would rectify
vocêretificariayou would rectify
ele/elaretificariahe/she/it would rectify
nósretificaríamoswe would rectify
vósretificaríeisyou (pl.) would rectify
vocêsretificariamyou (pl.) would rectify
eles/elasretificariamthey would rectify

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
euretificareiI will rectify
turetificarásyou will rectify
vocêretificaráyou will rectify
ele/elaretificaráhe/she/it will rectify
nósretificaremoswe will rectify
vósretificareisyou (pl.) will rectify
vocêsretificarãoyou (pl.) will rectify
eles/elasretificarãothey will rectify

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 retificadoI have rectified
tutens retificadoyou have rectified
vocêtem retificadoyou have rectified
ele/elatem retificadohe/she/it has rectified
nóstemos retificadowe have rectified
vóstendes retificadoyou (pl.) have rectified
vocêstêm retificadoyou (pl.) have rectified
eles/elastêm retificadothey have rectified

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 retificadoI had rectified
tutinhas retificadoyou had rectified
vocêtinha retificadoyou had rectified
ele/elatinha retificadohe/she/it had rectified
nóstínhamos retificadowe had rectified
vóstínheis retificadoyou (pl.) had rectified
vocêstinham retificadoyou (pl.) had rectified
eles/elastinham retificadothey had rectified

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

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 retificadoI will have rectified
tuterás retificadoyou will have rectified
vocêterá retificadoyou will have rectified
ele/elaterá retificadohe/she/it will have rectified
nósteremos retificadowe will have rectified
vóstereis retificadoyou (pl.) will have rectified
vocêsterão retificadoyou (pl.) will have rectified
eles/elasterão retificadothey will have rectified

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
euretifique
turetifiques
vocêretifique
ele/elaretifique
nósretifiquemos
vósretifiqueis
vocêsretifiquem
eles/elasretifiquem

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
euretificasse
turetificasses
vocêretificasse
ele/elaretificasse
nósretificássemos
vósretificásseis
vocêsretificassem
eles/elasretificassem

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
turetifica
vocêretifique
ele/elaretifique
nósretifiquemos
vósretificai
vocêsretifiquem
eles/elasretifiquem

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 retifiques
vocênão retifique
ele/elanão retifique
nósnão retifiquemos
vósnão retifiqueis
vocêsnão retifiquem
eles/elasnão retifiquem