Portuguese C2: Will have, would have: the compound future & conditional · Phrases

ter in the future + participle says what will be done by a certain time: Às oito já terei acabado. It also guesses about the past: Terá perdido o comboio (he must have missed the train). ter in the conditional + participle says what would have happened: Eu teria ido, mas chovia. In speech, Portuguese often uses the imperfect instead: Eu tinha ido.

• terei acabado — I will have finished
• teria ido — I would have gone
• já — already
• até lá — by then
• a esta hora — by this time
• caso contrário — otherwise
• provavelmente — probably
• arrepender-se — to regret

• Quando chegares, já terei saído. — When you arrive, I will have left.
• Eu teria feito o mesmo. — I would have done the same.
• Onde terá ele posto as chaves? — Where can he have put the keys?
• Caso contrário, teríamos chegado a horas. — Otherwise, we would have arrived on time.