traficar — Portuguese conjugation

to traffic (to engage in illegal trade)

Frequency#1288Regular

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
eutraficoI traffic
tutraficasyou traffic
vocêtraficayou traffic
ele/elatraficahe/she/it traffics
nóstraficamoswe traffic
vóstraficaisyou (pl.) traffic
vocêstraficamyou (pl.) traffic
eles/elastraficamthey traffic

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
eutrafiqueiI trafficked
tutraficasteyou trafficked
vocêtraficouyou trafficked
ele/elatraficouhe/she/it trafficked
nóstraficamoswe trafficked
vóstraficastesyou (pl.) trafficked
vocêstraficaramyou (pl.) trafficked
eles/elastraficaramthey trafficked

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
eutraficava
tutraficavas
vocêtraficava
ele/elatraficava
nóstraficávamos
vóstraficáveis
vocêstraficavam
eles/elastraficavam

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
eutraficariaI would traffic
tutraficariasyou would traffic
vocêtraficariayou would traffic
ele/elatraficariahe/she/it would traffic
nóstraficaríamoswe would traffic
vóstraficaríeisyou (pl.) would traffic
vocêstraficariamyou (pl.) would traffic
eles/elastraficariamthey would traffic

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
eutraficareiI will traffic
tutraficarásyou will traffic
vocêtraficaráyou will traffic
ele/elatraficaráhe/she/it will traffic
nóstraficaremoswe will traffic
vóstraficareisyou (pl.) will traffic
vocêstraficarãoyou (pl.) will traffic
eles/elastraficarãothey will traffic

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 traficadoI have trafficked
tutens traficadoyou have trafficked
vocêtem traficadoyou have trafficked
ele/elatem traficadohe/she/it has trafficked
nóstemos traficadowe have trafficked
vóstendes traficadoyou (pl.) have trafficked
vocêstêm traficadoyou (pl.) have trafficked
eles/elastêm traficadothey have trafficked

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 traficadoI had trafficked
tutinhas traficadoyou had trafficked
vocêtinha traficadoyou had trafficked
ele/elatinha traficadohe/she/it had trafficked
nóstínhamos traficadowe had trafficked
vóstínheis traficadoyou (pl.) had trafficked
vocêstinham traficadoyou (pl.) had trafficked
eles/elastinham traficadothey had trafficked

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

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 traficadoI will have trafficked
tuterás traficadoyou will have trafficked
vocêterá traficadoyou will have trafficked
ele/elaterá traficadohe/she/it will have trafficked
nósteremos traficadowe will have trafficked
vóstereis traficadoyou (pl.) will have trafficked
vocêsterão traficadoyou (pl.) will have trafficked
eles/elasterão traficadothey will have trafficked

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
eutrafique
tutrafiques
vocêtrafique
ele/elatrafique
nóstrafiquemos
vóstrafiqueis
vocêstrafiquem
eles/elastrafiquem

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
eutraficasse
tutraficasses
vocêtraficasse
ele/elatraficasse
nóstraficássemos
vóstraficásseis
vocêstraficassem
eles/elastraficassem

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
tutrafica
vocêtrafique
ele/elatrafique
nóstrafiquemos
vóstraficai
vocêstrafiquem
eles/elastrafiquem

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 trafiques
vocênão trafique
ele/elanão trafique
nósnão trafiquemos
vósnão trafiqueis
vocêsnão trafiquem
eles/elasnão trafiquem