Entrar Conjugation in Portuguese
entrar means “to enter” in English, and it is one of the first verbs Portuguese learners meet — it sits at number 60 in VerbFlow’s frequency list for Portuguese verbs. It means to enter and to go in, and it is completely regular. It is the natural opposite of sair, and it is the verb for entering a house, a room or a city. This page gives you the complete conjugation of entrar — 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 entro em casa todos os dias.” — “I enter the house.”
Quick facts
- Infinitive: entrar
- English: to enter
- Verb type: Regular -ar verb
- Irregular in: none — regular in every tense
- Gerund: entrando
- Present participle: entrante
- Past participle: entrado
- 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 entrar, 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 entrar in every tense, you can recognise it in speech even before you can pronounce every form perfectly.
Three things to remember about entrar
- 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 entrado. 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 entrando, the present participle is entrante and the past participle is entrado: keep all three in mind as you read the tables, because the gerund appears in progressive constructions, the present participle appears as an adjective, and the past participle appears in every perfect tense. If you know those three 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 entrar. 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 | entro |
| tu | entras |
| ele/ela | entra |
| nós | entramos |
| vós | entrais |
| eles/elas | entram |
The present indicative (presente) is used for habits, facts and things happening now. For example: “Eu entro em casa todos os dias.” — “I enter the house”
Pretérito perfeito
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | entrei |
| tu | entraste |
| ele/ela | entrou |
| nós | entrámos |
| vós | entrastes |
| eles/elas | entraram |
The pretérito perfeito is used for completed actions in the past, especially one finished event. For example: “Eu entrei em casa ontem.” — “I entered the house”
Pretérito imperfeito
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | entrava |
| tu | entravas |
| ele/ela | entrava |
| nós | entrávamos |
| vós | entráveis |
| eles/elas | entravam |
The pretérito imperfeito is used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past, and for background description. For example: “Eu entrava em casa antigamente.” — “I used to enter the house”
Pretérito mais-que-perfeito simples
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | entrara |
| tu | entraras |
| ele/ela | entrara |
| nós | entráramos |
| vós | entráreis |
| eles/elas | entraram |
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 entrara em casa antes do jantar.” — “I had entered the house”
Futuro do presente
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | entrarei |
| tu | entrarás |
| ele/ela | entrará |
| nós | entraremos |
| vós | entrareis |
| eles/elas | entrarão |
The futuro do presente is used for what will happen, for predictions and for promises. For example: “Eu entrarei em casa amanhã.” — “I will enter the house”
Futuro do pretérito
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | entraria |
| tu | entrarias |
| ele/ela | entraria |
| nós | entraríamos |
| vós | entraríeis |
| eles/elas | entrariam |
The futuro do pretérito is used for what would happen, for polite requests and for hypothetical situations. For example: “Eu entraria em casa um dia.” — “I would enter the house”
Pretérito perfeito composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tenho entrado |
| tu | tens entrado |
| ele/ela | tem entrado |
| nós | temos entrado |
| vós | tendes entrado |
| eles/elas | têm entrado |
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 entrado em casa esta semana.” — “He has entered the house”
Pretérito mais-que-perfeito composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tinha entrado |
| tu | tinhas entrado |
| ele/ela | tinha entrado |
| nós | tínhamos entrado |
| vós | tínheis entrado |
| eles/elas | tinham entrado |
The pretérito mais-que-perfeito composto is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “Eu tinha entrado em casa antes do jantar.” — “I had entered the house”
Futuro do presente composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | terei entrado |
| tu | terás entrado |
| ele/ela | terá entrado |
| nós | teremos entrado |
| vós | tereis entrado |
| eles/elas | terão entrado |
The futuro do presente composto is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “Eu terei entrado em casa até amanhã.” — “I will have entered the house”
Futuro do pretérito composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | teria entrado |
| tu | terias entrado |
| ele/ela | teria entrado |
| nós | teríamos entrado |
| vós | teríeis entrado |
| eles/elas | teriam entrado |
The futuro do pretérito composto is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “Eu teria entrado em casa ontem.” — “I would have entered the house”
Presente do subjuntivo
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | entre |
| tu | entres |
| ele/ela | entre |
| nós | entremos |
| vós | entreis |
| eles/elas | entrem |
The presente do subjuntivo is used for wishes, doubts, emotions and opinions after que. For example: “É importante que eu entre em casa.” — “It is important that I enter the house”
Pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | entrasse |
| tu | entrasses |
| ele/ela | entrasse |
| nós | entrássemos |
| vós | entrásseis |
| eles/elas | entrassem |
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 entrasse em casa.” — “It was important that I enter the house”
Futuro do subjuntivo
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | entrar |
| tu | entrares |
| ele/ela | entrar |
| nós | entrarmos |
| vós | entrardes |
| eles/elas | entrarem |
The futuro do subjuntivo is used after se and quando for a future possibility, where English would use the present. For example: “Se eu entrar em casa, é bom.” — “If I enter the house, that is good”
Imperativo (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | entra |
| ele/ela | entre |
| nós | entremos |
| vós | entrai |
| eles/elas | entrem |
The affirmative imperative is used for direct commands and instructions. For example: “Entra em casa!” — “Enter the house!”
Imperativo (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | não entres |
| ele/ela | não entre |
| nós | não entremos |
| vós | não entreis |
| eles/elas | não entrem |
The negative imperative is used for prohibitions and negative commands. For example: “Não entres em casa.” — “Do not enter the house.”
Presente do subjuntivo composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tenha entrado |
| tu | tenhas entrado |
| ele/ela | tenha entrado |
| nós | tenhamos entrado |
| vós | tenhais entrado |
| eles/elas | tenham entrado |
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 entrado em casa.” — “It is important that I have entered the house”
Pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tivesse entrado |
| tu | tivesses entrado |
| ele/ela | tivesse entrado |
| nós | tivéssemos entrado |
| vós | tivésseis entrado |
| eles/elas | tivessem entrado |
The pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo composto is used for a completed action in a past subordinate clause. For example: “Era importante que eu tivesse entrado em casa.” — “It was important that I had entered the house”
Futuro do subjuntivo composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tiver entrado |
| tu | tiveres entrado |
| ele/ela | tiver entrado |
| nós | tivermos entrado |
| vós | tiverdes entrado |
| eles/elas | tiverem entrado |
The futuro do subjuntivo composto is used after se for a completed future possibility. For example: “Se eu tiver entrado em casa, é bom.” — “If I have entered the house, that is good”
Gerund
| Form | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| Gerund | entrando |
The gerund is used for an action happening at the same time as another action, often with estar for the progressive. For example: “Entrando em casa, aprendo muito.” — “While entering the house, I learn a lot.”
Present participle
| Form | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| Present participle | entrante |
The present participle is used as an adjective, describing an ongoing action. For example, the participle entrante is used to describe something that is happening at the same time as the main action, much like an English -ing adjective. You will meet entrante more often as an adjective or a noun than as a verb form, so learn it as a word in its own right.
Past participle
| Form | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| Past participle | entrado |
The past participle is used with an auxiliary to form the perfect tenses, and as an adjective. For example: “Eu tenho entrado em casa esta semana.” — “I have entered the house.”
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with entrar, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the Portuguese and try to produce it from the English.
- “Eu entro em casa todos os dias.” — “I enter the house”
- “Tu entraste em casa ontem.” — “You entered the house”
- “Ele entrava em casa antigamente.” — “He used to enter the house”
- “Eu entrarei em casa amanhã.” — “I will enter the house”
- “Tu entrarias em casa um dia.” — “You would enter the house”
- “Ele tem entrado em casa esta semana.” — “He has entered the house”
- “Eu tinha entrado em casa antes do jantar.” — “I had entered the house”
- “Tu terás entrado em casa até amanhã.” — “You will have entered the house”
- “É importante que eu entre em casa.” — “It is important that I enter the house”
- “Entra em casa!” — “Enter the house!”
Common mistakes
1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form
✗ Wrong: “Eu entrar em casa.”
✓ Right: “Eu entro em casa todos os dias.”
The infinitive entrar never takes a subject. After eu you need the conjugated present form entro.
2. Using the wrong person’s form
✗ Wrong: “Eu entras em casa.”
✓ Right: “Eu entro em casa todos os dias.”
entras is the tu form, not the eu form. Match the verb to the subject every time: eu goes with entro.
3. Using the present for a finished past action
✗ Wrong: “Eu entro em casa ontem.”
✓ Right: “Eu entrei em casa ontem.”
Ontem points to the past, so the present is wrong here. Use the pretérito perfeito entrei for a finished action yesterday.
4. Using the wrong auxiliary in the pretérito perfeito composto
✗ Wrong: “Eu sou entrado em casa.”
✓ Right: “Eu tenho entrado em casa esta semana.”
The pretérito perfeito composto of entrar is formed with ter plus the past participle entrado: the eu form is tenho entrado. 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 entro em casa.”
✓ Right: “É importante que eu entre em casa.”
After é importante que Portuguese needs the subjunctive, so use entre here, not the indicative entro.
6. Using the gerund instead of the past participle in a perfect tense
✗ Wrong: “Eu tenho entrando em casa.”
✓ Right: “Eu tenho entrado em casa esta semana.”
The perfect tenses need the past participle entrado, not the gerund entrando. The gerund belongs in progressive constructions, never after an auxiliary in a perfect tense.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on entrar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
What is the eu form of entrar in the Present indicative (presente)?
- A) entras
- B) entro
- C) entra
- D) entramos
What is the ele/ela form of entrar in the Pretérito perfeito?
- A) entrei
- B) entraste
- C) entrou
- D) entrámos
What is the nós form of entrar in the Pretérito imperfeito?
- A) entrava
- B) entravas
- C) entráveis
- D) entrávamos
What is the tu form of entrar in the Futuro do presente?
- A) entrarás
- B) entrarei
- C) entrará
- D) entraremos
What is the eu form of entrar in the Futuro do pretérito?
- A) entrarias
- B) entraria
- C) entraríamos
- D) entraríeis
What is the ele/ela form of entrar in the Pretérito perfeito composto?
- A) tenho entrado
- B) tens entrado
- C) tem entrado
- D) temos entrado
What is the ele/ela form of entrar in the Presente do subjuntivo?
- A) entres
- B) entremos
- C) entreis
- D) entre
What is the eu form of entrar in the Pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo?
- A) entrasse
- B) entrasses
- C) entrássemos
- D) entrásseis
What is the gerund of entrar?
- A) entrado
- B) entrando
- C) entrar
- D) entro
What does entrar mean in English?
- A) to be
- B) to have
- C) to enter
- D) —
Answer key
- B) entro — the correct form is entro. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) entrou — the correct form is entrou. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) entrávamos — the correct form is entrávamos. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) entrarás — the correct form is entrarás. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) entraria — the correct form is entraria. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) tem entrado — the correct form is tem entrado. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) entre — the correct form is entre. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) entrasse — the correct form is entrasse. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) entrando — the correct form is entrando. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) to enter — the correct form is to enter. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
Frequently asked questions
What does entrar mean in English?
entrar means “to enter”. It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.
Is entrar regular or irregular?
entrar is regular: it follows the ordinary -ar pattern in every tense. The gerund is entrando and the past participle is entrado.
What are the gerund and past participle of entrar?
The gerund is entrando — use it with estar for the progressive. The past participle is entrado — use it with ter for the perfect tenses, as in tenho entrado.
Which auxiliary does entrar take in the pretérito perfeito composto?
entrar takes ter in the pretérito perfeito composto: the eu form is tenho entrado. All seven compound tenses on this page are built with ter plus the past participle entrado.
How do I say “I enter” in Portuguese?
Say “Eu entro em casa todos os dias.” — “I enter the house” The eu form of the present is entro, and it is the form you will use most often.
Related pages
- Full conjugation of entrar — every tense of entrar in one place.
- Entrar in the present tense — the full table and usage rules for one tense.
- Entrar 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.
- Estar conjugation — another everyday Portuguese verb.
- Dar 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 entrar with the interactive tool.
- Conjugation Chart Printer — practise entrar with the interactive tool.
- Tense Finder — practise entrar with the interactive tool.