testar — Portuguese conjugation

to test

Frequency#269Irregular

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
eutestoI test
tutestasyou test
vocêtestayou test
ele/elatestahe/she/it tests
nóstestamoswe test
vóstestaisyou (pl.) test
vocêstestamyou (pl.) test
eles/elastestamthey test

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
eutesteiI tested
tutestasteyou tested
vocêtestouyou tested
ele/elatestouhe/she/it tested
nóstestamoswe tested
vóstestastesyou (pl.) tested
vocêstestaramyou (pl.) tested
eles/elastestaramthey tested

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
eutestava
tutestavas
vocêtestava
ele/elatestava
nóstestávamos
vóstestáveis
vocêstestavam
eles/elastestavam

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
eutestariaI would test
tutestariasyou would test
vocêtestariayou would test
ele/elatestariahe/she/it would test
nóstestaríamoswe would test
vóstestaríeisyou (pl.) would test
vocêstestariamyou (pl.) would test
eles/elastestariamthey would test

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
eutestareiI will test
tutestarásyou will test
vocêtestaráyou will test
ele/elatestaráhe/she/it will test
nóstestaremoswe will test
vóstestareisyou (pl.) will test
vocêstestarãoyou (pl.) will test
eles/elastestarãothey will test

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 testadoI have tested
tutens testadoyou have tested
vocêtem testadoyou have tested
ele/elatem testadohe/she/it has tested
nóstemos testadowe have tested
vóstendes testadoyou (pl.) have tested
vocêstêm testadoyou (pl.) have tested
eles/elastêm testadothey have tested

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 testadoI had tested
tutinhas testadoyou had tested
vocêtinha testadoyou had tested
ele/elatinha testadohe/she/it had tested
nóstínhamos testadowe had tested
vóstínheis testadoyou (pl.) had tested
vocêstinham testadoyou (pl.) had tested
eles/elastinham testadothey had tested

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

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 testadoI will have tested
tuterás testadoyou will have tested
vocêterá testadoyou will have tested
ele/elaterá testadohe/she/it will have tested
nósteremos testadowe will have tested
vóstereis testadoyou (pl.) will have tested
vocêsterão testadoyou (pl.) will have tested
eles/elasterão testadothey will have tested

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
euteste
tutestes
vocêteste
ele/elateste
nóstestemos
vóstesteis
vocêstestem
eles/elastestem

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
eutestasse
tutestasses
vocêtestasse
ele/elatestasse
nóstestássemos
vóstestásseis
vocêstestassem
eles/elastestassem

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
tutesta
vocêteste
ele/elateste
nóstestemos
vóstestai
vocêstestem
eles/elastestem

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 testes
vocênão teste
ele/elanão teste
nósnão testemos
vósnão testeis
vocêsnão testem
eles/elasnão testem