viajar — Portuguese conjugation

to travel

Frequency#120IrregularReflexiveviajar-se — to travel 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
euviajoI travel
tuviajasyou travel
vocêviajayou travel
ele/elaviajahe/she/it travels
nósviajamoswe travel
vósviajaisyou (pl.) travel
vocêsviajamyou (pl.) travel
eles/elasviajamthey travel

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
euviajeiI travelled
tuviajasteyou travelled
vocêviajouyou travelled
ele/elaviajouhe/she/it travelled
nósviajamoswe travelled
vósviajastesyou (pl.) travelled
vocêsviajaramyou (pl.) travelled
eles/elasviajaramthey travelled

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
euviajava
tuviajavas
vocêviajava
ele/elaviajava
nósviajávamos
vósviajáveis
vocêsviajavam
eles/elasviajavam

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
euviajariaI would travel
tuviajariasyou would travel
vocêviajariayou would travel
ele/elaviajariahe/she/it would travel
nósviajaríamoswe would travel
vósviajaríeisyou (pl.) would travel
vocêsviajariamyou (pl.) would travel
eles/elasviajariamthey would travel

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
euviajareiI will travel
tuviajarásyou will travel
vocêviajaráyou will travel
ele/elaviajaráhe/she/it will travel
nósviajaremoswe will travel
vósviajareisyou (pl.) will travel
vocêsviajarãoyou (pl.) will travel
eles/elasviajarãothey will travel

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 viajadoI have travelled
tutens viajadoyou have travelled
vocêtem viajadoyou have travelled
ele/elatem viajadohe/she/it has travelled
nóstemos viajadowe have travelled
vóstendes viajadoyou (pl.) have travelled
vocêstêm viajadoyou (pl.) have travelled
eles/elastêm viajadothey have travelled

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 viajadoI had travelled
tutinhas viajadoyou had travelled
vocêtinha viajadoyou had travelled
ele/elatinha viajadohe/she/it had travelled
nóstínhamos viajadowe had travelled
vóstínheis viajadoyou (pl.) had travelled
vocêstinham viajadoyou (pl.) had travelled
eles/elastinham viajadothey had travelled

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

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 viajadoI will have travelled
tuterás viajadoyou will have travelled
vocêterá viajadoyou will have travelled
ele/elaterá viajadohe/she/it will have travelled
nósteremos viajadowe will have travelled
vóstereis viajadoyou (pl.) will have travelled
vocêsterão viajadoyou (pl.) will have travelled
eles/elasterão viajadothey will have travelled

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
euviaje
tuviajes
vocêviaje
ele/elaviaje
nósviajemos
vósviajeis
vocêsviajem
eles/elasviajem

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
euviajasse
tuviajasses
vocêviajasse
ele/elaviajasse
nósviajássemos
vósviajásseis
vocêsviajassem
eles/elasviajassem

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
tuviaja
vocêviaje
ele/elaviaje
nósviajemos
vósviajai
vocêsviajem
eles/elasviajem

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 viajes
vocênão viaje
ele/elanão viaje
nósnão viajemos
vósnão viajeis
vocêsnão viajem
eles/elasnão viajem