vacinar — Portuguese conjugation

to vaccinate

Frequency#720IrregularReflexivevacinar-se — to vaccinate oneself

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
euvacinoI vaccinate
tuvacinasyou vaccinate
vocêvacinayou vaccinate
ele/elavacinahe/she/it vaccinates
nósvacinamoswe vaccinate
vósvacinaisyou (pl.) vaccinate
vocêsvacinamyou (pl.) vaccinate
eles/elasvacinamthey vaccinate

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
euvacineiI vaccinated
tuvacinasteyou vaccinated
vocêvacinouyou vaccinated
ele/elavacinouhe/she/it vaccinated
nósvacinamoswe vaccinated
vósvacinastesyou (pl.) vaccinated
vocêsvacinaramyou (pl.) vaccinated
eles/elasvacinaramthey vaccinated

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
euvacinava
tuvacinavas
vocêvacinava
ele/elavacinava
nósvacinávamos
vósvacináveis
vocêsvacinavam
eles/elasvacinavam

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
euvacinariaI would vaccinate
tuvacinariasyou would vaccinate
vocêvacinariayou would vaccinate
ele/elavacinariahe/she/it would vaccinate
nósvacinaríamoswe would vaccinate
vósvacinaríeisyou (pl.) would vaccinate
vocêsvacinariamyou (pl.) would vaccinate
eles/elasvacinariamthey would vaccinate

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
euvacinareiI will vaccinate
tuvacinarásyou will vaccinate
vocêvacinaráyou will vaccinate
ele/elavacinaráhe/she/it will vaccinate
nósvacinaremoswe will vaccinate
vósvacinareisyou (pl.) will vaccinate
vocêsvacinarãoyou (pl.) will vaccinate
eles/elasvacinarãothey will vaccinate

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 vacinadoI have vaccinated
tutens vacinadoyou have vaccinated
vocêtem vacinadoyou have vaccinated
ele/elatem vacinadohe/she/it has vaccinated
nóstemos vacinadowe have vaccinated
vóstendes vacinadoyou (pl.) have vaccinated
vocêstêm vacinadoyou (pl.) have vaccinated
eles/elastêm vacinadothey have vaccinated

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 vacinadoI had vaccinated
tutinhas vacinadoyou had vaccinated
vocêtinha vacinadoyou had vaccinated
ele/elatinha vacinadohe/she/it had vaccinated
nóstínhamos vacinadowe had vaccinated
vóstínheis vacinadoyou (pl.) had vaccinated
vocêstinham vacinadoyou (pl.) had vaccinated
eles/elastinham vacinadothey had vaccinated

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

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 vacinadoI will have vaccinated
tuterás vacinadoyou will have vaccinated
vocêterá vacinadoyou will have vaccinated
ele/elaterá vacinadohe/she/it will have vaccinated
nósteremos vacinadowe will have vaccinated
vóstereis vacinadoyou (pl.) will have vaccinated
vocêsterão vacinadoyou (pl.) will have vaccinated
eles/elasterão vacinadothey will have vaccinated

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
euvacine
tuvacines
vocêvacine
ele/elavacine
nósvacinemos
vósvacineis
vocêsvacinem
eles/elasvacinem

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
euvacinasse
tuvacinasses
vocêvacinasse
ele/elavacinasse
nósvacinássemos
vósvacinásseis
vocêsvacinassem
eles/elasvacinassem

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
tuvacina
vocêvacine
ele/elavacine
nósvacinemos
vósvacinai
vocêsvacinem
eles/elasvacinem

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 vacines
vocênão vacine
ele/elanão vacine
nósnão vacinemos
vósnão vacineis
vocêsnão vacinem
eles/elasnão vacinem