Portuguese reference
acontecer
to happen
Regular · 22 form tables
Brazilian Portuguese, with você, a gente and vocês. The tables also include personal infinitives; supplied tu commands appear under other forms.
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Indicative
Present
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | it happens |
| vocês, eles, elas | they happen |
Present continuous
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | it is happening |
| vocês, eles, elas | they are happening |
Past continuous
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | it was happening |
| vocês, eles, elas | they were happening |
Completed past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | it happened |
| vocês, eles, elas | they happened |
Imperfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | it used to happen |
| vocês, eles, elas | they used to happen |
Compound past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | it has been happening |
| vocês, eles, elas | they have been happening |
Past perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | it had happened |
| vocês, eles, elas | they had happened |
Literary past perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | it had happened |
| vocês, eles, elas | they had happened |
Future
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | it will happen |
| vocês, eles, elas | they will happen |
Future perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | it will have happened |
| vocês, eles, elas | they will have happened |
Going to
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | it is going to happen |
| vocês, eles, elas | they are going to happen |
Was going to
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | it was going to happen |
| vocês, eles, elas | they were going to happen |
Conditional
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | it would happen |
| vocês, eles, elas | they would happen |
Conditional perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | it would have happened |
| vocês, eles, elas | they would have happened |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | (that) it happens |
| vocês, eles, elas | (that) they happen |
Imperfect subjunctive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | (if) it happened |
| vocês, eles, elas | (if) they happened |
Perfect subjunctive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | (that) it has happened |
| vocês, eles, elas | (that) they have happened |
Pluperfect subjunctive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | (that) it had happened |
| vocês, eles, elas | (that) they had happened |
Future subjunctive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | (when/if) it happens |
| vocês, eles, elas | (when/if) they happen |
Future perfect subjunctive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | (when/if) it has happened |
| vocês, eles, elas | (when/if) they have happened |
Infinitive
Personal infinitive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | for it to happen |
| vocês, eles, elas | for them to happen |
Compound personal infinitive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| você, ele, ela | for it to have happened |
| vocês, eles, elas | for them to have happened |
Additional forms
- Gerund
- Past participle
- Past infinitive
- Past gerund
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