Mudar Conjugation in Portuguese
mudar means “to change” in English, and it is one of the first verbs Portuguese learners meet — it sits at number 486 in VerbFlow’s frequency list for Portuguese verbs. It means to change, and it is completely regular: mudo, mudas, muda, mudamos, mudais, mudam. Its pretérito perfeito is mudei, mudaste, mudou, and its participle is mudado. It also means to move house. The phrase mudo de ideias means I change my mind. This page gives you the complete conjugation of mudar — every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle — with notes, examples, common mistakes and a quiz. Here is the verb in a natural sentence: “Eu mudo de ideias todos os dias.” — “I change my mind.”
Quick facts
- Infinitive: mudar
- English: to change
- Verb type: Regular -ar verb
- Irregular in: none — regular in every tense
- Gerund: mudando
- Present participle: —
- Past participle: mudado
- Auxiliary: ter (all perfect tenses are formed with ter + the past participle)
- Ending: -ar verbs; pattern ar in the verified tables
Pronunciation
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for mudar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Learn the spelling of the forms first, and listen to a native speaker for the sounds rather than trusting an invented transcription. The forms below are the ones that matter: once you can read mudar in every tense, you can recognise it in speech even before you can pronounce every form perfectly.
Three things to remember about mudar
- It is regular: every form follows the ordinary -ar pattern, so once you know the stem you can build the whole table. The only work is learning the endings, not memorising exceptions.
- The perfect tenses use ter: the pretérito perfeito composto is formed with ter in the present plus the past participle mudado. The tables on this page give the participle in the masculine singular form, exactly as it appears in the verified dump; agreement with the subject is a separate step that depends on the sentence, not on the verb table.
- The gerund is mudando and the past participle is mudado: keep both in mind as you read the tables, because the gerund appears in progressive constructions and the past participle appears in every perfect tense. There is no present participle form listed for this verb in the verified tables. If you know those two forms and the present tense, you already know the skeleton of the whole conjugation.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from VerbFlow’s verified conjugation tables for mudar. Learn the present tense first, then the pretérito perfeito and the pretérito imperfeito, and add the remaining tenses one at a time.
Present indicative (presente)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | mudo |
| tu | mudas |
| ele/ela | muda |
| nós | mudamos |
| vós | mudais |
| eles/elas | mudam |
The present indicative (presente) is used for habits, facts and things happening now. For example: “Eu mudo de ideias todos os dias.” — “I change my mind”
Pretérito perfeito
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | mudei |
| tu | mudaste |
| ele/ela | mudou |
| nós | mudámos |
| vós | mudastes |
| eles/elas | mudaram |
The pretérito perfeito is used for completed actions in the past, especially one finished event. For example: “Eu mudei de ideias ontem.” — “I changed my mind”
Pretérito imperfeito
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | mudava |
| tu | mudavas |
| ele/ela | mudava |
| nós | mudávamos |
| vós | mudáveis |
| eles/elas | mudavam |
The pretérito imperfeito is used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past, and for background description. For example: “Eu mudava de ideias antigamente.” — “I used to change my mind”
Pretérito mais-que-perfeito simples
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | mudara |
| tu | mudaras |
| ele/ela | mudara |
| nós | mudáramos |
| vós | mudáreis |
| eles/elas | mudaram |
The pretérito mais-que-perfeito simples is used for an action completed before another past action; in everyday speech the compound form with tinha is more common. For example: “Eu mudara de ideias antes do jantar.” — “I had changed my mind”
Futuro do presente
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | mudarei |
| tu | mudarás |
| ele/ela | mudará |
| nós | mudaremos |
| vós | mudareis |
| eles/elas | mudarão |
The futuro do presente is used for what will happen, for predictions and for promises. For example: “Eu mudarei de ideias amanhã.” — “I will change my mind”
Futuro do pretérito
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | mudaria |
| tu | mudarias |
| ele/ela | mudaria |
| nós | mudaríamos |
| vós | mudaríeis |
| eles/elas | mudariam |
The futuro do pretérito is used for what would happen, for polite requests and for hypothetical situations. For example: “Eu mudaria de ideias um dia.” — “I would change my mind”
Pretérito perfeito composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tenho mudado |
| tu | tens mudado |
| ele/ela | tem mudado |
| nós | temos mudado |
| vós | tendes mudado |
| eles/elas | têm mudado |
The pretérito perfeito composto is used for actions that started in the past and continue, or have been repeated, up to the present. For example: “Ele tem mudado de ideias esta semana.” — “He has changed my mind”
Pretérito mais-que-perfeito composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tinha mudado |
| tu | tinhas mudado |
| ele/ela | tinha mudado |
| nós | tínhamos mudado |
| vós | tínheis mudado |
| eles/elas | tinham mudado |
The pretérito mais-que-perfeito composto is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “Eu tinha mudado de ideias antes do jantar.” — “I had changed my mind”
Futuro do presente composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | terei mudado |
| tu | terás mudado |
| ele/ela | terá mudado |
| nós | teremos mudado |
| vós | tereis mudado |
| eles/elas | terão mudado |
The futuro do presente composto is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “Eu terei mudado de ideias até amanhã.” — “I will have changed my mind”
Futuro do pretérito composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | teria mudado |
| tu | terias mudado |
| ele/ela | teria mudado |
| nós | teríamos mudado |
| vós | teríeis mudado |
| eles/elas | teriam mudado |
The futuro do pretérito composto is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “Eu teria mudado de ideias ontem.” — “I would have changed my mind”
Presente do subjuntivo
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | mude |
| tu | mudes |
| ele/ela | mude |
| nós | mudemos |
| vós | mudeis |
| eles/elas | mudem |
The presente do subjuntivo is used for wishes, doubts, emotions and opinions after que. For example: “É importante que eu mude de ideias.” — “It is important that I change my mind”
Pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | mudasse |
| tu | mudasses |
| ele/ela | mudasse |
| nós | mudássemos |
| vós | mudásseis |
| eles/elas | mudassem |
The pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo is used in the past for wishes and hypotheticals after que, and in se-clauses. For example: “Era importante que eu mudasse de ideias.” — “It was important that I change my mind”
Futuro do subjuntivo
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | mudar |
| tu | mudares |
| ele/ela | mudar |
| nós | mudarmos |
| vós | mudardes |
| eles/elas | mudarem |
The futuro do subjuntivo is used after se and quando for a future possibility, where English would use the present. For example: “Se eu mudar de ideias, é bom.” — “If I change my mind, that is good”
Imperativo (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | muda |
| ele/ela | mude |
| nós | mudemos |
| vós | mudai |
| eles/elas | mudem |
The affirmative imperative is used for direct commands and instructions. For example: “Muda de ideias!” — “Change my mind!”
Imperativo (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | não mudes |
| ele/ela | não mude |
| nós | não mudemos |
| vós | não mudeis |
| eles/elas | não mudem |
The negative imperative is used for prohibitions and negative commands. For example: “Não mudes de ideias.” — “Do not change my mind.”
Presente do subjuntivo composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tenha mudado |
| tu | tenhas mudado |
| ele/ela | tenha mudado |
| nós | tenhamos mudado |
| vós | tenhais mudado |
| eles/elas | tenham mudado |
The presente do subjuntivo composto is used for a completed action in a subordinate clause expressing doubt, wish or emotion. For example: “É importante que eu tenha mudado de ideias.” — “It is important that I have changed my mind”
Pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tivesse mudado |
| tu | tivesses mudado |
| ele/ela | tivesse mudado |
| nós | tivéssemos mudado |
| vós | tivésseis mudado |
| eles/elas | tivessem mudado |
The pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo composto is used for a completed action in a past subordinate clause. For example: “Era importante que eu tivesse mudado de ideias.” — “It was important that I had changed my mind”
Futuro do subjuntivo composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tiver mudado |
| tu | tiveres mudado |
| ele/ela | tiver mudado |
| nós | tivermos mudado |
| vós | tiverdes mudado |
| eles/elas | tiverem mudado |
The futuro do subjuntivo composto is used after se for a completed future possibility. For example: “Se eu tiver mudado de ideias, é bom.” — “If I have changed my mind, that is good”
Gerund
| Form | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| Gerund | mudando |
The gerund is used for an action happening at the same time as another action, often with estar for the progressive. For example: “Mudando de ideias, aprendo muito.” — “While changing my mind, I learn a lot.”
Past participle
| Form | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| Past participle | mudado |
The past participle is used with an auxiliary to form the perfect tenses, and as an adjective. For example: “Eu tenho mudado de ideias esta semana.” — “I have changed my mind.”
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with mudar, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the Portuguese and try to produce it from the English.
- “Eu mudo de ideias todos os dias.” — “I change my mind”
- “Tu mudaste de ideias ontem.” — “You changed my mind”
- “Ele mudava de ideias antigamente.” — “He used to change my mind”
- “Eu mudarei de ideias amanhã.” — “I will change my mind”
- “Tu mudarias de ideias um dia.” — “You would change my mind”
- “Ele tem mudado de ideias esta semana.” — “He has changed my mind”
- “Eu tinha mudado de ideias antes do jantar.” — “I had changed my mind”
- “Tu terás mudado de ideias até amanhã.” — “You will have changed my mind”
- “É importante que eu mude de ideias.” — “It is important that I change my mind”
- “Muda de ideias!” — “Change my mind!”
Common mistakes
1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form
✗ Wrong: “Eu mudar de ideias.”
✓ Right: “Eu mudo de ideias todos os dias.”
The infinitive mudar never takes a subject. After eu you need the conjugated present form mudo.
2. Using the wrong person’s form
✗ Wrong: “Eu mudas de ideias.”
✓ Right: “Eu mudo de ideias todos os dias.”
mudas is the tu form, not the eu form. Match the verb to the subject every time: eu goes with mudo.
3. Using the present for a finished past action
✗ Wrong: “Eu mudo de ideias ontem.”
✓ Right: “Eu mudei de ideias ontem.”
Ontem points to the past, so the present is wrong here. Use the pretérito perfeito mudei for a finished action yesterday.
4. Using the wrong auxiliary in the pretérito perfeito composto
✗ Wrong: “Eu sou mudado de ideias.”
✓ Right: “Eu tenho mudado de ideias esta semana.”
The pretérito perfeito composto of mudar is formed with ter plus the past participle mudado: the eu form is tenho mudado. Check the auxiliary in the table above before you build a perfect tense.
5. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger
✗ Wrong: “É importante que eu mudo de ideias.”
✓ Right: “É importante que eu mude de ideias.”
After é importante que Portuguese needs the subjunctive, so use mude here, not the indicative mudo.
6. Using the gerund instead of the past participle in a perfect tense
✗ Wrong: “Eu tenho mudando de ideias.”
✓ Right: “Eu tenho mudado de ideias esta semana.”
The perfect tenses need the past participle mudado, not the gerund mudando. The gerund belongs in progressive constructions, never after an auxiliary in a perfect tense.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on mudar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
What is the eu form of mudar in the Present indicative (presente)?
- A) mudas
- B) mudo
- C) muda
- D) mudamos
What is the ele/ela form of mudar in the Pretérito perfeito?
- A) mudei
- B) mudaste
- C) mudou
- D) mudámos
What is the nós form of mudar in the Pretérito imperfeito?
- A) mudava
- B) mudavas
- C) mudáveis
- D) mudávamos
What is the tu form of mudar in the Futuro do presente?
- A) mudarás
- B) mudarei
- C) mudará
- D) mudaremos
What is the eu form of mudar in the Futuro do pretérito?
- A) mudarias
- B) mudaria
- C) mudaríamos
- D) mudaríeis
What is the ele/ela form of mudar in the Pretérito perfeito composto?
- A) tenho mudado
- B) tens mudado
- C) tem mudado
- D) temos mudado
What is the ele/ela form of mudar in the Presente do subjuntivo?
- A) mudes
- B) mudemos
- C) mudeis
- D) mude
What is the eu form of mudar in the Pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo?
- A) mudasse
- B) mudasses
- C) mudássemos
- D) mudásseis
What is the gerund of mudar?
- A) mudado
- B) mudando
- C) mudar
- D) mudo
What does mudar mean in English?
- A) to ask for
- B) to receive
- C) to change
- D) to pay
Answer key
- B) mudo — the correct form is mudo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) mudou — the correct form is mudou. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) mudávamos — the correct form is mudávamos. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) mudarás — the correct form is mudarás. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) mudaria — the correct form is mudaria. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) tem mudado — the correct form is tem mudado. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) mude — the correct form is mude. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) mudasse — the correct form is mudasse. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) mudando — the correct form is mudando. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) to change — the correct form is to change. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
Frequently asked questions
What does mudar mean in English?
mudar means “to change”. It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.
Is mudar regular or irregular?
mudar is regular: it follows the ordinary -ar pattern in every tense. The gerund is mudando and the past participle is mudado.
What are the gerund and past participle of mudar?
The gerund is mudando — use it with estar for the progressive. The past participle is mudado — use it with ter for the perfect tenses, as in tenho mudado.
Which auxiliary does mudar take in the pretérito perfeito composto?
mudar takes ter in the pretérito perfeito composto: the eu form is tenho mudado. All seven compound tenses on this page are built with ter plus the past participle mudado.
How do I say “I change” in Portuguese?
Say “Eu mudo de ideias todos os dias.” — “I change my mind” The eu form of the present is mudo, and it is the form you will use most often.
Related pages
- Full conjugation of mudar — every tense of mudar in one place.
- Mudar in the present tense — the full table and usage rules for one tense.
- Mudar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice questions for this verb.
- Portuguese present tense guide — the full guide to the present tense in Portuguese.
- Pagar conjugation — another everyday Portuguese verb.
- Comprar conjugation — another everyday Portuguese verb.
- Portuguese verbs — the full hub of Portuguese conjugation pages.
- VerbFlow home — all languages, tools and verb lists.
- Verb Conjugator — practise mudar with the interactive tool.
- Conjugation Chart Printer — practise mudar with the interactive tool.
- Tense Finder — practise mudar with the interactive tool.