visitar — Portuguese conjugation

to visit

Frequency#418Irregular

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
euvisitoI visit
tuvisitasyou visit
vocêvisitayou visit
ele/elavisitahe/she/it visits
nósvisitamoswe visit
vósvisitaisyou (pl.) visit
vocêsvisitamyou (pl.) visit
eles/elasvisitamthey visit

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
euvisiteiI visited
tuvisitasteyou visited
vocêvisitouyou visited
ele/elavisitouhe/she/it visited
nósvisitamoswe visited
vósvisitastesyou (pl.) visited
vocêsvisitaramyou (pl.) visited
eles/elasvisitaramthey visited

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
euvisitava
tuvisitavas
vocêvisitava
ele/elavisitava
nósvisitávamos
vósvisitáveis
vocêsvisitavam
eles/elasvisitavam

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
euvisitariaI would visit
tuvisitariasyou would visit
vocêvisitariayou would visit
ele/elavisitariahe/she/it would visit
nósvisitaríamoswe would visit
vósvisitaríeisyou (pl.) would visit
vocêsvisitariamyou (pl.) would visit
eles/elasvisitariamthey would visit

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
euvisitareiI will visit
tuvisitarásyou will visit
vocêvisitaráyou will visit
ele/elavisitaráhe/she/it will visit
nósvisitaremoswe will visit
vósvisitareisyou (pl.) will visit
vocêsvisitarãoyou (pl.) will visit
eles/elasvisitarãothey will visit

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 visitadoI have visited
tutens visitadoyou have visited
vocêtem visitadoyou have visited
ele/elatem visitadohe/she/it has visited
nóstemos visitadowe have visited
vóstendes visitadoyou (pl.) have visited
vocêstêm visitadoyou (pl.) have visited
eles/elastêm visitadothey have visited

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 visitadoI had visited
tutinhas visitadoyou had visited
vocêtinha visitadoyou had visited
ele/elatinha visitadohe/she/it had visited
nóstínhamos visitadowe had visited
vóstínheis visitadoyou (pl.) had visited
vocêstinham visitadoyou (pl.) had visited
eles/elastinham visitadothey had visited

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

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 visitadoI will have visited
tuterás visitadoyou will have visited
vocêterá visitadoyou will have visited
ele/elaterá visitadohe/she/it will have visited
nósteremos visitadowe will have visited
vóstereis visitadoyou (pl.) will have visited
vocêsterão visitadoyou (pl.) will have visited
eles/elasterão visitadothey will have visited

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
euvisite
tuvisites
vocêvisite
ele/elavisite
nósvisitemos
vósvisiteis
vocêsvisitem
eles/elasvisitem

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
euvisitasse
tuvisitasses
vocêvisitasse
ele/elavisitasse
nósvisitássemos
vósvisitásseis
vocêsvisitassem
eles/elasvisitassem

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
tuvisita
vocêvisite
ele/elavisite
nósvisitemos
vósvisitai
vocêsvisitem
eles/elasvisitem

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 visites
vocênão visite
ele/elanão visite
nósnão visitemos
vósnão visiteis
vocêsnão visitem
eles/elasnão visitem