vestir — Portuguese conjugation

to dress

Frequency#110Irregular

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
euvistoI dress
tuvestesyou dress
vocêvesteyou dress
ele/elavestehe/she/it dresses
nósvestimoswe dress
vósvestisyou (pl.) dress
vocêsvestemyou (pl.) dress
eles/elasvestemthey dress

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
euvestiI dressed
tuvestisteyou dressed
vocêvestiuyou dressed
ele/elavestiuhe/she/it dressed
nósvestimoswe dressed
vósvestistesyou (pl.) dressed
vocêsvestiramyou (pl.) dressed
eles/elasvestiramthey dressed

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
euvestia
tuvestias
vocêvestia
ele/elavestia
nósvestíamos
vósvestíeis
vocêsvestiam
eles/elasvestiam

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
euvestiriaI would dress
tuvestiriasyou would dress
vocêvestiriayou would dress
ele/elavestiriahe/she/it would dress
nósvestiríamoswe would dress
vósvestiríeisyou (pl.) would dress
vocêsvestiriamyou (pl.) would dress
eles/elasvestiriamthey would dress

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
euvestireiI will dress
tuvestirásyou will dress
vocêvestiráyou will dress
ele/elavestiráhe/she/it will dress
nósvestiremoswe will dress
vósvestireisyou (pl.) will dress
vocêsvestirãoyou (pl.) will dress
eles/elasvestirãothey will dress

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 vestidoI have dressed
tutens vestidoyou have dressed
vocêtem vestidoyou have dressed
ele/elatem vestidohe/she/it has dressed
nóstemos vestidowe have dressed
vóstendes vestidoyou (pl.) have dressed
vocêstêm vestidoyou (pl.) have dressed
eles/elastêm vestidothey have dressed

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 vestidoI had dressed
tutinhas vestidoyou had dressed
vocêtinha vestidoyou had dressed
ele/elatinha vestidohe/she/it had dressed
nóstínhamos vestidowe had dressed
vóstínheis vestidoyou (pl.) had dressed
vocêstinham vestidoyou (pl.) had dressed
eles/elastinham vestidothey had dressed

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

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 vestidoI will have dressed
tuterás vestidoyou will have dressed
vocêterá vestidoyou will have dressed
ele/elaterá vestidohe/she/it will have dressed
nósteremos vestidowe will have dressed
vóstereis vestidoyou (pl.) will have dressed
vocêsterão vestidoyou (pl.) will have dressed
eles/elasterão vestidothey will have dressed

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
euvista
tuvistas
vocêvista
ele/elavista
nósvistamos
vósvistais
vocêsvistam
eles/elasvistam

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
euvestisse
tuvestisses
vocêvestisse
ele/elavestisse
nósvestíssemos
vósvestísseis
vocêsvestissem
eles/elasvestissem

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
tuveste
vocêvista
ele/elavista
nósvistamos
vósvesti
vocêsvistam
eles/elasvistam

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 vistas
vocênão vista
ele/elanão vista
nósnão vistamos
vósnão vistais
vocêsnão vistam
eles/elasnão vistam