traçar — Portuguese conjugation

to trace

Frequency#373Irregular

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
eutraçoI trace
tutraçasyou trace
vocêtraçayou trace
ele/elatraçahe/she/it traces
nóstraçamoswe trace
vóstraçaisyou (pl.) trace
vocêstraçamyou (pl.) trace
eles/elastraçamthey trace

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
eutraceiI traced
tutraçasteyou traced
vocêtraçouyou traced
ele/elatraçouhe/she/it traced
nóstraçamoswe traced
vóstraçastesyou (pl.) traced
vocêstraçaramyou (pl.) traced
eles/elastraçaramthey traced

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
eutraçava
tutraçavas
vocêtraçava
ele/elatraçava
nóstraçávamos
vóstraçáveis
vocêstraçavam
eles/elastraçavam

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
eutraçariaI would trace
tutraçariasyou would trace
vocêtraçariayou would trace
ele/elatraçariahe/she/it would trace
nóstraçaríamoswe would trace
vóstraçaríeisyou (pl.) would trace
vocêstraçariamyou (pl.) would trace
eles/elastraçariamthey would trace

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
eutraçareiI will trace
tutraçarásyou will trace
vocêtraçaráyou will trace
ele/elatraçaráhe/she/it will trace
nóstraçaremoswe will trace
vóstraçareisyou (pl.) will trace
vocêstraçarãoyou (pl.) will trace
eles/elastraçarãothey will trace

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 traçadoI have traced
tutens traçadoyou have traced
vocêtem traçadoyou have traced
ele/elatem traçadohe/she/it has traced
nóstemos traçadowe have traced
vóstendes traçadoyou (pl.) have traced
vocêstêm traçadoyou (pl.) have traced
eles/elastêm traçadothey have traced

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 traçadoI had traced
tutinhas traçadoyou had traced
vocêtinha traçadoyou had traced
ele/elatinha traçadohe/she/it had traced
nóstínhamos traçadowe had traced
vóstínheis traçadoyou (pl.) had traced
vocêstinham traçadoyou (pl.) had traced
eles/elastinham traçadothey had traced

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

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 traçadoI will have traced
tuterás traçadoyou will have traced
vocêterá traçadoyou will have traced
ele/elaterá traçadohe/she/it will have traced
nósteremos traçadowe will have traced
vóstereis traçadoyou (pl.) will have traced
vocêsterão traçadoyou (pl.) will have traced
eles/elasterão traçadothey will have traced

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
eutrace
tutraces
vocêtrace
ele/elatrace
nóstracemos
vóstraceis
vocêstracem
eles/elastracem

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
eutraçasse
tutraçasses
vocêtraçasse
ele/elatraçasse
nóstraçássemos
vóstraçásseis
vocêstraçassem
eles/elastraçassem

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
tutraça
vocêtrace
ele/elatrace
nóstracemos
vóstraçai
vocêstracem
eles/elastracem

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 traces
vocênão trace
ele/elanão trace
nósnão tracemos
vósnão traceis
vocêsnão tracem
eles/elasnão tracem