vibrar — Portuguese conjugation

to vibrate

Frequency#1238Regular

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
euvibroI vibrate
tuvibrasyou vibrate
vocêvibrayou vibrate
ele/elavibrahe/she/it vibrates
nósvibramoswe vibrate
vósvibraisyou (pl.) vibrate
vocêsvibramyou (pl.) vibrate
eles/elasvibramthey vibrate

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
euvibreiI vibrated
tuvibrasteyou vibrated
vocêvibrouyou vibrated
ele/elavibrouhe/she/it vibrated
nósvibramoswe vibrated
vósvibrastesyou (pl.) vibrated
vocêsvibraramyou (pl.) vibrated
eles/elasvibraramthey vibrated

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
euvibrava
tuvibravas
vocêvibrava
ele/elavibrava
nósvibrávamos
vósvibráveis
vocêsvibravam
eles/elasvibravam

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
euvibrariaI would vibrate
tuvibrariasyou would vibrate
vocêvibrariayou would vibrate
ele/elavibrariahe/she/it would vibrate
nósvibraríamoswe would vibrate
vósvibraríeisyou (pl.) would vibrate
vocêsvibrariamyou (pl.) would vibrate
eles/elasvibrariamthey would vibrate

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
euvibrareiI will vibrate
tuvibrarásyou will vibrate
vocêvibraráyou will vibrate
ele/elavibraráhe/she/it will vibrate
nósvibraremoswe will vibrate
vósvibrareisyou (pl.) will vibrate
vocêsvibrarãoyou (pl.) will vibrate
eles/elasvibrarãothey will vibrate

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 vibradoI have vibrated
tutens vibradoyou have vibrated
vocêtem vibradoyou have vibrated
ele/elatem vibradohe/she/it has vibrated
nóstemos vibradowe have vibrated
vóstendes vibradoyou (pl.) have vibrated
vocêstêm vibradoyou (pl.) have vibrated
eles/elastêm vibradothey have vibrated

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 vibradoI had vibrated
tutinhas vibradoyou had vibrated
vocêtinha vibradoyou had vibrated
ele/elatinha vibradohe/she/it had vibrated
nóstínhamos vibradowe had vibrated
vóstínheis vibradoyou (pl.) had vibrated
vocêstinham vibradoyou (pl.) had vibrated
eles/elastinham vibradothey had vibrated

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

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 vibradoI will have vibrated
tuterás vibradoyou will have vibrated
vocêterá vibradoyou will have vibrated
ele/elaterá vibradohe/she/it will have vibrated
nósteremos vibradowe will have vibrated
vóstereis vibradoyou (pl.) will have vibrated
vocêsterão vibradoyou (pl.) will have vibrated
eles/elasterão vibradothey will have vibrated

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
euvibre
tuvibres
vocêvibre
ele/elavibre
nósvibremos
vósvibreis
vocêsvibrem
eles/elasvibrem

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
euvibrasse
tuvibrasses
vocêvibrasse
ele/elavibrasse
nósvibrássemos
vósvibrásseis
vocêsvibrassem
eles/elasvibrassem

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
tuvibra
vocêvibre
ele/elavibre
nósvibremos
vósvibrai
vocêsvibrem
eles/elasvibrem

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 vibres
vocênão vibre
ele/elanão vibre
nósnão vibremos
vósnão vibreis
vocêsnão vibrem
eles/elasnão vibrem