ventilar — Portuguese conjugation

to ventilate

Frequency#1237IrregularReflexiveventilar-se — to ventilate 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
euventiloI ventilate
tuventilasyou ventilate
vocêventilayou ventilate
ele/elaventilahe/she/it ventilates
nósventilamoswe ventilate
vósventilaisyou (pl.) ventilate
vocêsventilamyou (pl.) ventilate
eles/elasventilamthey ventilate

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
euventileiI ventilated
tuventilasteyou ventilated
vocêventilouyou ventilated
ele/elaventilouhe/she/it ventilated
nósventilamoswe ventilated
vósventilastesyou (pl.) ventilated
vocêsventilaramyou (pl.) ventilated
eles/elasventilaramthey ventilated

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
euventilava
tuventilavas
vocêventilava
ele/elaventilava
nósventilávamos
vósventiláveis
vocêsventilavam
eles/elasventilavam

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
euventilariaI would ventilate
tuventilariasyou would ventilate
vocêventilariayou would ventilate
ele/elaventilariahe/she/it would ventilate
nósventilaríamoswe would ventilate
vósventilaríeisyou (pl.) would ventilate
vocêsventilariamyou (pl.) would ventilate
eles/elasventilariamthey would ventilate

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
euventilareiI will ventilate
tuventilarásyou will ventilate
vocêventilaráyou will ventilate
ele/elaventilaráhe/she/it will ventilate
nósventilaremoswe will ventilate
vósventilareisyou (pl.) will ventilate
vocêsventilarãoyou (pl.) will ventilate
eles/elasventilarãothey will ventilate

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 ventiladoI have ventilated
tutens ventiladoyou have ventilated
vocêtem ventiladoyou have ventilated
ele/elatem ventiladohe/she/it has ventilated
nóstemos ventiladowe have ventilated
vóstendes ventiladoyou (pl.) have ventilated
vocêstêm ventiladoyou (pl.) have ventilated
eles/elastêm ventiladothey have ventilated

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 ventiladoI had ventilated
tutinhas ventiladoyou had ventilated
vocêtinha ventiladoyou had ventilated
ele/elatinha ventiladohe/she/it had ventilated
nóstínhamos ventiladowe had ventilated
vóstínheis ventiladoyou (pl.) had ventilated
vocêstinham ventiladoyou (pl.) had ventilated
eles/elastinham ventiladothey had ventilated

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

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 ventiladoI will have ventilated
tuterás ventiladoyou will have ventilated
vocêterá ventiladoyou will have ventilated
ele/elaterá ventiladohe/she/it will have ventilated
nósteremos ventiladowe will have ventilated
vóstereis ventiladoyou (pl.) will have ventilated
vocêsterão ventiladoyou (pl.) will have ventilated
eles/elasterão ventiladothey will have ventilated

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
euventile
tuventiles
vocêventile
ele/elaventile
nósventilemos
vósventileis
vocêsventilem
eles/elasventilem

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
euventilasse
tuventilasses
vocêventilasse
ele/elaventilasse
nósventilássemos
vósventilásseis
vocêsventilassem
eles/elasventilassem

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
tuventila
vocêventile
ele/elaventile
nósventilemos
vósventilai
vocêsventilem
eles/elasventilem

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 ventiles
vocênão ventile
ele/elanão ventile
nósnão ventilemos
vósnão ventileis
vocêsnão ventilem
eles/elasnão ventilem