rodar — Portuguese conjugation

to roll

Frequency#242Regular

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
eurodoI roll
turodasyou roll
vocêrodayou roll
ele/elarodahe/she/it rolls
nósrodamoswe roll
vósrodaisyou (pl.) roll
vocêsrodamyou (pl.) roll
eles/elasrodamthey roll

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
eurodeiI rolled
turodasteyou rolled
vocêrodouyou rolled
ele/elarodouhe/she/it rolled
nósrodamoswe rolled
vósrodastesyou (pl.) rolled
vocêsrodaramyou (pl.) rolled
eles/elasrodaramthey rolled

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
eurodava
turodavas
vocêrodava
ele/elarodava
nósrodávamos
vósrodáveis
vocêsrodavam
eles/elasrodavam

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
eurodariaI would roll
turodariasyou would roll
vocêrodariayou would roll
ele/elarodariahe/she/it would roll
nósrodaríamoswe would roll
vósrodaríeisyou (pl.) would roll
vocêsrodariamyou (pl.) would roll
eles/elasrodariamthey would roll

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
eurodareiI will roll
turodarásyou will roll
vocêrodaráyou will roll
ele/elarodaráhe/she/it will roll
nósrodaremoswe will roll
vósrodareisyou (pl.) will roll
vocêsrodarãoyou (pl.) will roll
eles/elasrodarãothey will roll

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 rodadoI have rolled
tutens rodadoyou have rolled
vocêtem rodadoyou have rolled
ele/elatem rodadohe/she/it has rolled
nóstemos rodadowe have rolled
vóstendes rodadoyou (pl.) have rolled
vocêstêm rodadoyou (pl.) have rolled
eles/elastêm rodadothey have rolled

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 rodadoI had rolled
tutinhas rodadoyou had rolled
vocêtinha rodadoyou had rolled
ele/elatinha rodadohe/she/it had rolled
nóstínhamos rodadowe had rolled
vóstínheis rodadoyou (pl.) had rolled
vocêstinham rodadoyou (pl.) had rolled
eles/elastinham rodadothey had rolled

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

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 rodadoI will have rolled
tuterás rodadoyou will have rolled
vocêterá rodadoyou will have rolled
ele/elaterá rodadohe/she/it will have rolled
nósteremos rodadowe will have rolled
vóstereis rodadoyou (pl.) will have rolled
vocêsterão rodadoyou (pl.) will have rolled
eles/elasterão rodadothey will have rolled

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
eurode
turodes
vocêrode
ele/elarode
nósrodemos
vósrodeis
vocêsrodem
eles/elasrodem

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
eurodasse
turodasses
vocêrodasse
ele/elarodasse
nósrodássemos
vósrodásseis
vocêsrodassem
eles/elasrodassem

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
turoda
vocêrode
ele/elarode
nósrodemos
vósrodai
vocêsrodem
eles/elasrodem

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 rodes
vocênão rode
ele/elanão rode
nósnão rodemos
vósnão rodeis
vocêsnão rodem
eles/elasnão rodem