viver — Portuguese conjugation

to live

Frequency#30RegularReflexiveviver-se — to live 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
euvivoI live
tuvivesyou live
vocêviveyou live
ele/elavivehe/she/it lives
nósvivemoswe live
vósviveisyou (pl.) live
vocêsvivemyou (pl.) live
eles/elasvivemthey live

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
euviviI lived
tuvivesteyou lived
vocêviveuyou lived
ele/elaviveuhe/she/it lived
nósvivemoswe lived
vósvivestesyou (pl.) lived
vocêsviveramyou (pl.) lived
eles/elasviveramthey lived

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
euvivia
tuvivias
vocêvivia
ele/elavivia
nósvivíamos
vósvivíeis
vocêsviviam
eles/elasviviam

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
euviveriaI would live
tuviveriasyou would live
vocêviveriayou would live
ele/elaviveriahe/she/it would live
nósviveríamoswe would live
vósviveríeisyou (pl.) would live
vocêsviveriamyou (pl.) would live
eles/elasviveriamthey would live

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
euvivereiI will live
tuviverásyou will live
vocêviveráyou will live
ele/elaviveráhe/she/it will live
nósviveremoswe will live
vósvivereisyou (pl.) will live
vocêsviverãoyou (pl.) will live
eles/elasviverãothey will live

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 vividoI have lived
tutens vividoyou have lived
vocêtem vividoyou have lived
ele/elatem vividohe/she/it has lived
nóstemos vividowe have lived
vóstendes vividoyou (pl.) have lived
vocêstêm vividoyou (pl.) have lived
eles/elastêm vividothey have lived

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 vividoI had lived
tutinhas vividoyou had lived
vocêtinha vividoyou had lived
ele/elatinha vividohe/she/it had lived
nóstínhamos vividowe had lived
vóstínheis vividoyou (pl.) had lived
vocêstinham vividoyou (pl.) had lived
eles/elastinham vividothey had lived

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

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 vividoI will have lived
tuterás vividoyou will have lived
vocêterá vividoyou will have lived
ele/elaterá vividohe/she/it will have lived
nósteremos vividowe will have lived
vóstereis vividoyou (pl.) will have lived
vocêsterão vividoyou (pl.) will have lived
eles/elasterão vividothey will have lived

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
euviva
tuvivas
vocêviva
ele/elaviva
nósvivamos
vósvivais
vocêsvivam
eles/elasvivam

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
euvivesse
tuvivesses
vocêvivesse
ele/elavivesse
nósvivêssemos
vósvivêsseis
vocêsvivessem
eles/elasvivessem

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
tuvive
vocêviva
ele/elaviva
nósvivamos
vósvivei
vocêsvivam
eles/elasvivam

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 vivas
vocênão viva
ele/elanão viva
nósnão vivamos
vósnão vivais
vocêsnão vivam
eles/elasnão vivam