terceirizar — Portuguese conjugation

to outsource

Frequency#810Irregular

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
euterceirizoI outsource
tuterceirizasyou outsource
vocêterceirizayou outsource
ele/elaterceirizahe/she/it outsources
nósterceirizamoswe outsource
vósterceirizaisyou (pl.) outsource
vocêsterceirizamyou (pl.) outsource
eles/elasterceirizamthey outsource

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
euterceirizeiI outsourced
tuterceirizasteyou outsourced
vocêterceirizouyou outsourced
ele/elaterceirizouhe/she/it outsourced
nósterceirizamoswe outsourced
vósterceirizastesyou (pl.) outsourced
vocêsterceirizaramyou (pl.) outsourced
eles/elasterceirizaramthey outsourced

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
euterceirizava
tuterceirizavas
vocêterceirizava
ele/elaterceirizava
nósterceirizávamos
vósterceirizáveis
vocêsterceirizavam
eles/elasterceirizavam

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
euterceirizariaI would outsource
tuterceirizariasyou would outsource
vocêterceirizariayou would outsource
ele/elaterceirizariahe/she/it would outsource
nósterceirizaríamoswe would outsource
vósterceirizaríeisyou (pl.) would outsource
vocêsterceirizariamyou (pl.) would outsource
eles/elasterceirizariamthey would outsource

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
euterceirizareiI will outsource
tuterceirizarásyou will outsource
vocêterceirizaráyou will outsource
ele/elaterceirizaráhe/she/it will outsource
nósterceirizaremoswe will outsource
vósterceirizareisyou (pl.) will outsource
vocêsterceirizarãoyou (pl.) will outsource
eles/elasterceirizarãothey will outsource

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 terceirizadoI have outsourced
tutens terceirizadoyou have outsourced
vocêtem terceirizadoyou have outsourced
ele/elatem terceirizadohe/she/it has outsourced
nóstemos terceirizadowe have outsourced
vóstendes terceirizadoyou (pl.) have outsourced
vocêstêm terceirizadoyou (pl.) have outsourced
eles/elastêm terceirizadothey have outsourced

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 terceirizadoI had outsourced
tutinhas terceirizadoyou had outsourced
vocêtinha terceirizadoyou had outsourced
ele/elatinha terceirizadohe/she/it had outsourced
nóstínhamos terceirizadowe had outsourced
vóstínheis terceirizadoyou (pl.) had outsourced
vocêstinham terceirizadoyou (pl.) had outsourced
eles/elastinham terceirizadothey had outsourced

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

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 terceirizadoI will have outsourced
tuterás terceirizadoyou will have outsourced
vocêterá terceirizadoyou will have outsourced
ele/elaterá terceirizadohe/she/it will have outsourced
nósteremos terceirizadowe will have outsourced
vóstereis terceirizadoyou (pl.) will have outsourced
vocêsterão terceirizadoyou (pl.) will have outsourced
eles/elasterão terceirizadothey will have outsourced

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
euterceirize
tuterceirizes
vocêterceirize
ele/elaterceirize
nósterceirizemos
vósterceirizeis
vocêsterceirizem
eles/elasterceirizem

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
euterceirizasse
tuterceirizasses
vocêterceirizasse
ele/elaterceirizasse
nósterceirizássemos
vósterceirizásseis
vocêsterceirizassem
eles/elasterceirizassem

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
tuterceiriza
vocêterceirize
ele/elaterceirize
nósterceirizemos
vósterceirizai
vocêsterceirizem
eles/elasterceirizem

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 terceirizes
vocênão terceirize
ele/elanão terceirize
nósnão terceirizemos
vósnão terceirizeis
vocêsnão terceirizem
eles/elasnão terceirizem