Verb conjugator

Portuguese verb conjugation tables

Type any Portuguese verb, or pick one of 16 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

Portuguese verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 16 of the most common Portuguese verbs across 3 core tenses. Pick a verb like falar (to speak) or ser (to be), or type any Portuguese verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing falar (to speak) · regular -ar

falar

to speak regular -ar
Presente
eu falo
tu falas
ele/ela fala
nós falamos
vós falais
eles/elas falam
Pretérito perfeito
eu falei
tu falaste
ele/ela falou
nós falamos
vós falastes
eles/elas falaram
Futuro
eu falarei
tu falarás
ele/ela falará
nós falaremos
vós falareis
eles/elas falarão

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How Portuguese conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 3 core tenses: Presente, Pretérito perfeito, Futuro.

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (regular -ar for falar, for example). Irregular verbs like ser (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in Portuguese, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Portuguese verbs?

To conjugate a Portuguese verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take falar (to speak): in the eu form it is falo now, falei in the past, and falarei in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Portuguese verbs?

The most common Portuguese verbs include falar (to speak), comer (to eat), partir (to leave), ser (to be), estar (to be), ter (to have), fazer (to do, to make), ir (to go). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 16.

Is Portuguese verb conjugation hard?

Portuguese conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Portuguese is FSI Category I, about 750 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Portuguese have?

These three, Presente, Pretérito perfeito, Futuro, are the core of everyday Portuguese and the right place to start. Real Portuguese also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.