ver — Portuguese conjugation

to see

Frequency#11IrregularReflexivever-se — to see oneself

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.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
euvejoI see
tuvêsyou see
vocêyou see
ele/elahe/she/it sees
nósvemoswe see
vósvedesyou (pl.) see
vocêsvêemyou (pl.) see
eles/elasvêemthey see

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
euviI saw
tuvisteyou saw
vocêviuyou saw
ele/elaviuhe/she/it saw
nósvimoswe saw
vósvistesyou (pl.) saw
vocêsviramyou (pl.) saw
eles/elasviramthey saw

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
euvia
tuvias
vocêvia
ele/elavia
nósvíamos
vósvíeis
vocêsviam
eles/elasviam

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
euveriaI would see
tuveriasyou would see
vocêveriayou would see
ele/elaveriahe/she/it would see
nósveríamoswe would see
vósveríeisyou (pl.) would see
vocêsveriamyou (pl.) would see
eles/elasveriamthey would see

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
euvereiI will see
tuverásyou will see
vocêveráyou will see
ele/elaveráhe/she/it will see
nósveremoswe will see
vósvereisyou (pl.) will see
vocêsverãoyou (pl.) will see
eles/elasverãothey will see

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 vistoI have seen
tutens vistoyou have seen
vocêtem vistoyou have seen
ele/elatem vistohe/she/it has seen
nóstemos vistowe have seen
vóstendes vistoyou (pl.) have seen
vocêstêm vistoyou (pl.) have seen
eles/elastêm vistothey have seen

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 vistoI had seen
tutinhas vistoyou had seen
vocêtinha vistoyou had seen
ele/elatinha vistohe/she/it had seen
nóstínhamos vistowe had seen
vóstínheis vistoyou (pl.) had seen
vocêstinham vistoyou (pl.) had seen
eles/elastinham vistothey had seen

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

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 vistoI will have seen
tuterás vistoyou will have seen
vocêterá vistoyou will have seen
ele/elaterá vistohe/she/it will have seen
nósteremos vistowe will have seen
vóstereis vistoyou (pl.) will have seen
vocêsterão vistoyou (pl.) will have seen
eles/elasterão vistothey will have seen

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
euveja
tuvejas
vocêveja
ele/elaveja
nósvejamos
vósvejais
vocêsvejam
eles/elasvejam

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
euvisse
tuvisses
vocêvisse
ele/elavisse
nósvíssemos
vósvísseis
vocêsvissem
eles/elasvissem

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
tu
vocêveja
ele/elaveja
nósvejamos
vósvede
vocêsvejam
eles/elasvejam

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 vejas
vocênão veja
ele/elanão veja
nósnão vejamos
vósnão vejais
vocêsnão vejam
eles/elasnão vejam