vender — Portuguese conjugation

to sell

Frequency#127RegularReflexivevender-se — to sell 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
euvendoI sell
tuvendesyou sell
vocêvendeyou sell
ele/elavendehe/she/it sells
nósvendemoswe sell
vósvendeisyou (pl.) sell
vocêsvendemyou (pl.) sell
eles/elasvendemthey sell

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
euvendiI sold
tuvendesteyou sold
vocêvendeuyou sold
ele/elavendeuhe/she/it sold
nósvendemoswe sold
vósvendestesyou (pl.) sold
vocêsvenderamyou (pl.) sold
eles/elasvenderamthey sold

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
euvendia
tuvendias
vocêvendia
ele/elavendia
nósvendíamos
vósvendíeis
vocêsvendiam
eles/elasvendiam

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
euvenderiaI would sell
tuvenderiasyou would sell
vocêvenderiayou would sell
ele/elavenderiahe/she/it would sell
nósvenderíamoswe would sell
vósvenderíeisyou (pl.) would sell
vocêsvenderiamyou (pl.) would sell
eles/elasvenderiamthey would sell

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
euvendereiI will sell
tuvenderásyou will sell
vocêvenderáyou will sell
ele/elavenderáhe/she/it will sell
nósvenderemoswe will sell
vósvendereisyou (pl.) will sell
vocêsvenderãoyou (pl.) will sell
eles/elasvenderãothey will sell

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 vendidoI have sold
tutens vendidoyou have sold
vocêtem vendidoyou have sold
ele/elatem vendidohe/she/it has sold
nóstemos vendidowe have sold
vóstendes vendidoyou (pl.) have sold
vocêstêm vendidoyou (pl.) have sold
eles/elastêm vendidothey have sold

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 vendidoI had sold
tutinhas vendidoyou had sold
vocêtinha vendidoyou had sold
ele/elatinha vendidohe/she/it had sold
nóstínhamos vendidowe had sold
vóstínheis vendidoyou (pl.) had sold
vocêstinham vendidoyou (pl.) had sold
eles/elastinham vendidothey had sold

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

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 vendidoI will have sold
tuterás vendidoyou will have sold
vocêterá vendidoyou will have sold
ele/elaterá vendidohe/she/it will have sold
nósteremos vendidowe will have sold
vóstereis vendidoyou (pl.) will have sold
vocêsterão vendidoyou (pl.) will have sold
eles/elasterão vendidothey will have sold

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
euvenda
tuvendas
vocêvenda
ele/elavenda
nósvendamos
vósvendais
vocêsvendam
eles/elasvendam

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
euvendesse
tuvendesses
vocêvendesse
ele/elavendesse
nósvendêssemos
vósvendêsseis
vocêsvendessem
eles/elasvendessem

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
tuvende
vocêvenda
ele/elavenda
nósvendamos
vósvendei
vocêsvendam
eles/elasvendam

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 vendas
vocênão venda
ele/elanão venda
nósnão vendamos
vósnão vendais
vocêsnão vendam
eles/elasnão vendam