valer — Portuguese conjugation
to be worth
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | valho | I am worth |
| tu | vales | you are worth |
| você | vale | you are worth |
| ele/ela | vale | he/she/it is worth |
| nós | valemos | we are worth |
| vós | valeis | you (pl.) are worth |
| vocês | valem | you (pl.) are worth |
| eles/elas | valem | they are worth |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | vali | I was worth |
| tu | valeste | you were worth |
| você | valeu | you were worth |
| ele/ela | valeu | he/she/it was worth |
| nós | valemos | we were worth |
| vós | valestes | you (pl.) were worth |
| vocês | valeram | you (pl.) were worth |
| eles/elas | valeram | they were worth |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | valia |
| tu | valias |
| você | valia |
| ele/ela | valia |
| nós | valíamos |
| vós | valíeis |
| vocês | valiam |
| eles/elas | valiam |
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?
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | valeria | I would be worth |
| tu | valerias | you would be worth |
| você | valeria | you would be worth |
| ele/ela | valeria | he/she/it would be worth |
| nós | valeríamos | we would be worth |
| vós | valeríeis | you (pl.) would be worth |
| vocês | valeriam | you (pl.) would be worth |
| eles/elas | valeriam | they would be worth |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | valerei | I will be worth |
| tu | valerás | you will be worth |
| você | valerá | you will be worth |
| ele/ela | valerá | he/she/it will be worth |
| nós | valeremos | we will be worth |
| vós | valereis | you (pl.) will be worth |
| vocês | valerão | you (pl.) will be worth |
| eles/elas | valerão | they will be worth |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tenho valido | I have been worth |
| tu | tens valido | you have been worth |
| você | tem valido | you have been worth |
| ele/ela | tem valido | he/she/it has been worth |
| nós | temos valido | we have been worth |
| vós | tendes valido | you (pl.) have been worth |
| vocês | têm valido | you (pl.) have been worth |
| eles/elas | têm valido | they have been worth |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tinha valido | I had been worth |
| tu | tinhas valido | you had been worth |
| você | tinha valido | you had been worth |
| ele/ela | tinha valido | he/she/it had been worth |
| nós | tínhamos valido | we had been worth |
| vós | tínheis valido | you (pl.) had been worth |
| vocês | tinham valido | you (pl.) had been worth |
| eles/elas | tinham valido | they had been worth |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | teria valido |
| tu | terias valido |
| você | teria valido |
| ele/ela | teria valido |
| nós | teríamos valido |
| vós | teríeis valido |
| vocês | teriam valido |
| eles/elas | teriam valido |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | terei valido | I will have been worth |
| tu | terás valido | you will have been worth |
| você | terá valido | you will have been worth |
| ele/ela | terá valido | he/she/it will have been worth |
| nós | teremos valido | we will have been worth |
| vós | tereis valido | you (pl.) will have been worth |
| vocês | terão valido | you (pl.) will have been worth |
| eles/elas | terão valido | they will have been worth |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | valha |
| tu | valhas |
| você | valha |
| ele/ela | valha |
| nós | valhamos |
| vós | valhais |
| vocês | valham |
| eles/elas | valham |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | valesse |
| tu | valesses |
| você | valesse |
| ele/ela | valesse |
| nós | valêssemos |
| vós | valêsseis |
| vocês | valessem |
| eles/elas | valessem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | vale |
| você | valha |
| ele/ela | valha |
| nós | valhamos |
| vós | valei |
| vocês | valham |
| eles/elas | valham |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | não valhas |
| você | não valha |
| ele/ela | não valha |
| nós | não valhamos |
| vós | não valhais |
| vocês | não valham |
| eles/elas | não valham |