Conjugation

Chover

to rain

Regular -er verb, gerund chovendo, past participle chovido.

Conjugated like perceber, aprender, beber, sobreviver, varrer, entender

Newbie

Enough to talk about the present, the past, and the future.

  1. Presente

    What is happening now, habits, and general truths.

    1. chove

  2. Pretérito perfeito

    The everyday past for a finished action.

    1. choveu

  3. Futuro com ir

    The spoken future for plans and coming events: ir plus the infinitive.

    1. vai chover
BeginnerTo tell a story, describe the past, say what is going on, and give instructions.Pretérito imperfeito · Presente contínuo · Passado contínuo · Pretérito mais-que-perfeito compostoAlso show the 4 Beginner tenses

  1. Pretérito imperfeito

    Past habits, descriptions, and ongoing background.

    1. chovia

  2. Presente contínuo

    What is happening right now: estar plus the gerund.

    1. está chovendo

  3. Passado contínuo

    What was going on at a moment in the past: estava plus the gerund.

    1. estava chovendo

  4. Pretérito mais-que-perfeito composto

    A past action completed before another past action: tinha plus the participle.

    1. tinha chovido
IntermediateThe written future, polite requests, and the subjunctive: wishes, doubts, and conditions.Futuro do presente · Futuro do pretérito · Pretérito perfeito composto · Presente do subjuntivo · Pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo · Futuro do subjuntivoAlso show the 6 Intermediate tenses

  1. Futuro do presente

    The future of written Portuguese; speech uses ir plus the infinitive instead.

    1. choverá

  2. Futuro do pretérito

    Polite requests, wishes, and hypotheses: “would …”.

    1. choveria

  3. Pretérito perfeito composto

    Something repeated or still going on up to now: tenho estudado, I have been studying. Not a finished past.

    1. tem chovido

  4. Presente do subjuntivo

    After wishes, doubts, feelings, and phrases like para que or talvez.

    1. que chova

  5. Pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo

    Hypotheses with se, polite wishes, and the subjunctive in the past.

    1. se chovesse

  6. Futuro do subjuntivo

    A possible future after se, quando, or assim que: quando eu puder.

    1. quando chover
AdvancedThe personal infinitive and the compound tenses for nuance, and the pluperfect of books.Pretérito mais-que-perfeito composto do subjuntivo · Futuro do pretérito composto · Pretérito perfeito composto do subjuntivo · Futuro composto do subjuntivo · Futuro do presente composto · Pretérito mais-que-perfeito simplesAlso show the 6 Advanced tenses

  1. Pretérito mais-que-perfeito composto do subjuntivo

    Regrets and hypotheses about the past: se eu tivesse sabido…

    1. se tivesse chovido

  2. Futuro do pretérito composto

    What would have happened: “would have …”.

    1. teria chovido

  3. Pretérito perfeito composto do subjuntivo

    The subjunctive for an action already completed: espero que tenha chegado.

    1. que tenha chovido

  4. Futuro composto do subjuntivo

    A future action completed first: quando eu tiver terminado.

    1. quando tiver chovido

  5. Futuro do presente composto

    An action finished before a future moment, or a guess about the past.

    1. terá chovido

  6. Pretérito mais-que-perfeito simples

    The pluperfect of literature and formal writing; speech says tinha plus the participle.

    1. chovera