talhar — Portuguese conjugation

to carve

Frequency#1224Irregular

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
eutalhoI carve
tutalhasyou carve
vocêtalhayou carve
ele/elatalhahe/she/it carves
nóstalhamoswe carve
vóstalhaisyou (pl.) carve
vocêstalhamyou (pl.) carve
eles/elastalhamthey carve

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
eutalheiI carved
tutalhasteyou carved
vocêtalhouyou carved
ele/elatalhouhe/she/it carved
nóstalhamoswe carved
vóstalhastesyou (pl.) carved
vocêstalharamyou (pl.) carved
eles/elastalharamthey carved

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
eutalhava
tutalhavas
vocêtalhava
ele/elatalhava
nóstalhávamos
vóstalháveis
vocêstalhavam
eles/elastalhavam

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
eutalhariaI would carve
tutalhariasyou would carve
vocêtalhariayou would carve
ele/elatalhariahe/she/it would carve
nóstalharíamoswe would carve
vóstalharíeisyou (pl.) would carve
vocêstalhariamyou (pl.) would carve
eles/elastalhariamthey would carve

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
eutalhareiI will carve
tutalharásyou will carve
vocêtalharáyou will carve
ele/elatalharáhe/she/it will carve
nóstalharemoswe will carve
vóstalhareisyou (pl.) will carve
vocêstalharãoyou (pl.) will carve
eles/elastalharãothey will carve

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 talhadoI have carved
tutens talhadoyou have carved
vocêtem talhadoyou have carved
ele/elatem talhadohe/she/it has carved
nóstemos talhadowe have carved
vóstendes talhadoyou (pl.) have carved
vocêstêm talhadoyou (pl.) have carved
eles/elastêm talhadothey have carved

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 talhadoI had carved
tutinhas talhadoyou had carved
vocêtinha talhadoyou had carved
ele/elatinha talhadohe/she/it had carved
nóstínhamos talhadowe had carved
vóstínheis talhadoyou (pl.) had carved
vocêstinham talhadoyou (pl.) had carved
eles/elastinham talhadothey had carved

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

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 talhadoI will have carved
tuterás talhadoyou will have carved
vocêterá talhadoyou will have carved
ele/elaterá talhadohe/she/it will have carved
nósteremos talhadowe will have carved
vóstereis talhadoyou (pl.) will have carved
vocêsterão talhadoyou (pl.) will have carved
eles/elasterão talhadothey will have carved

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
eutalhe
tutalhes
vocêtalhe
ele/elatalhe
nóstalhemos
vóstalheis
vocêstalhem
eles/elastalhem

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
eutalhasse
tutalhasses
vocêtalhasse
ele/elatalhasse
nóstalhássemos
vóstalhásseis
vocêstalhassem
eles/elastalhassem

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
tutalha
vocêtalhe
ele/elatalhe
nóstalhemos
vóstalhai
vocêstalhem
eles/elastalhem

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 talhes
vocênão talhe
ele/elanão talhe
nósnão talhemos
vósnão talheis
vocêsnão talhem
eles/elasnão talhem