tremer — Portuguese conjugation

to tremble

Frequency#679Regular

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
eutremoI tremble
tutremesyou tremble
vocêtremeyou tremble
ele/elatremehe/she/it trembles
nóstrememoswe tremble
vóstremeisyou (pl.) tremble
vocêstrememyou (pl.) tremble
eles/elastrememthey tremble

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
eutremiI trembled
tutremesteyou trembled
vocêtremeuyou trembled
ele/elatremeuhe/she/it trembled
nóstrememoswe trembled
vóstremestesyou (pl.) trembled
vocêstremeramyou (pl.) trembled
eles/elastremeramthey trembled

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
eutremia
tutremias
vocêtremia
ele/elatremia
nóstremíamos
vóstremíeis
vocêstremiam
eles/elastremiam

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
eutremeriaI would tremble
tutremeriasyou would tremble
vocêtremeriayou would tremble
ele/elatremeriahe/she/it would tremble
nóstremeríamoswe would tremble
vóstremeríeisyou (pl.) would tremble
vocêstremeriamyou (pl.) would tremble
eles/elastremeriamthey would tremble

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
eutremereiI will tremble
tutremerásyou will tremble
vocêtremeráyou will tremble
ele/elatremeráhe/she/it will tremble
nóstremeremoswe will tremble
vóstremereisyou (pl.) will tremble
vocêstremerãoyou (pl.) will tremble
eles/elastremerãothey will tremble

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 tremidoI have trembled
tutens tremidoyou have trembled
vocêtem tremidoyou have trembled
ele/elatem tremidohe/she/it has trembled
nóstemos tremidowe have trembled
vóstendes tremidoyou (pl.) have trembled
vocêstêm tremidoyou (pl.) have trembled
eles/elastêm tremidothey have trembled

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 tremidoI had trembled
tutinhas tremidoyou had trembled
vocêtinha tremidoyou had trembled
ele/elatinha tremidohe/she/it had trembled
nóstínhamos tremidowe had trembled
vóstínheis tremidoyou (pl.) had trembled
vocêstinham tremidoyou (pl.) had trembled
eles/elastinham tremidothey had trembled

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

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 tremidoI will have trembled
tuterás tremidoyou will have trembled
vocêterá tremidoyou will have trembled
ele/elaterá tremidohe/she/it will have trembled
nósteremos tremidowe will have trembled
vóstereis tremidoyou (pl.) will have trembled
vocêsterão tremidoyou (pl.) will have trembled
eles/elasterão tremidothey will have trembled

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
eutrema
tutremas
vocêtrema
ele/elatrema
nóstremamos
vóstremais
vocêstremam
eles/elastremam

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
eutremesse
tutremesses
vocêtremesse
ele/elatremesse
nóstremêssemos
vóstremêsseis
vocêstremessem
eles/elastremessem

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
tutreme
vocêtrema
ele/elatrema
nóstremamos
vóstremei
vocêstremam
eles/elastremam

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 tremas
vocênão trema
ele/elanão trema
nósnão tremamos
vósnão tremais
vocêsnão tremam
eles/elasnão tremam