torcer — Portuguese conjugation

to twist

Frequency#575Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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
eutorçoI twist
tutorcesyou twist
vocêtorceyou twist
ele/elatorcehe/she/it twists
nóstorcemoswe twist
vóstorceisyou (pl.) twist
vocêstorcemyou (pl.) twist
eles/elastorcemthey twist

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
eutorciI twisted
tutorcesteyou twisted
vocêtorceuyou twisted
ele/elatorceuhe/she/it twisted
nóstorcemoswe twisted
vóstorcestesyou (pl.) twisted
vocêstorceramyou (pl.) twisted
eles/elastorceramthey twisted

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
eutorcia
tutorcias
vocêtorcia
ele/elatorcia
nóstorcíamos
vóstorcíeis
vocêstorciam
eles/elastorciam

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
eutorceriaI would twist
tutorceriasyou would twist
vocêtorceriayou would twist
ele/elatorceriahe/she/it would twist
nóstorceríamoswe would twist
vóstorceríeisyou (pl.) would twist
vocêstorceriamyou (pl.) would twist
eles/elastorceriamthey would twist

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
eutorcereiI will twist
tutorcerásyou will twist
vocêtorceráyou will twist
ele/elatorceráhe/she/it will twist
nóstorceremoswe will twist
vóstorcereisyou (pl.) will twist
vocêstorcerãoyou (pl.) will twist
eles/elastorcerãothey will twist

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 torcidoI have twisted
tutens torcidoyou have twisted
vocêtem torcidoyou have twisted
ele/elatem torcidohe/she/it has twisted
nóstemos torcidowe have twisted
vóstendes torcidoyou (pl.) have twisted
vocêstêm torcidoyou (pl.) have twisted
eles/elastêm torcidothey have twisted

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 torcidoI had twisted
tutinhas torcidoyou had twisted
vocêtinha torcidoyou had twisted
ele/elatinha torcidohe/she/it had twisted
nóstínhamos torcidowe had twisted
vóstínheis torcidoyou (pl.) had twisted
vocêstinham torcidoyou (pl.) had twisted
eles/elastinham torcidothey had twisted

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

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 torcidoI will have twisted
tuterás torcidoyou will have twisted
vocêterá torcidoyou will have twisted
ele/elaterá torcidohe/she/it will have twisted
nósteremos torcidowe will have twisted
vóstereis torcidoyou (pl.) will have twisted
vocêsterão torcidoyou (pl.) will have twisted
eles/elasterão torcidothey will have twisted

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
eutorça
tutorças
vocêtorça
ele/elatorça
nóstorçamos
vóstorçais
vocêstorçam
eles/elastorçam

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
eutorcesse
tutorcesses
vocêtorcesse
ele/elatorcesse
nóstorcêssemos
vóstorcêsseis
vocêstorcessem
eles/elastorcessem

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
tutorce
vocêtorça
ele/elatorça
nóstorçamos
vóstorcei
vocêstorçam
eles/elastorçam

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 torças
vocênão torça
ele/elanão torça
nósnão torçamos
vósnão torçais
vocêsnão torçam
eles/elasnão torçam