I doubt Ricardo has heard the news in Portuguese 🇧🇷

Sentence info.

Duvido que Ricardo tenha escutado as notícias.
 • Duvido – First person singular of “duvidar” (to doubt). In this context, it means “I doubt.”
 • que – A subordinating conjunction used to introduce the subordinate clause “que Ricardo tenha escutado as notícias.”
 • Ricardo – The subject of the subordinate clause.
 • tenha – Present subjunctive form of “ter” (to have), used here as an auxiliary verb to form the compound subjunctive tense.
 • escutado – Past participle of “escutar” (to listen or to hear), combined with “tenha” to express an action whose occurrence is uncertain.
 • as – Definite article, plural, meaning “the.”
 • notícias – Plural noun meaning “news.”

Translation: “I doubt that Ricardo has heard the news.”

Tips to remember:
 • The main clause uses the indicative (duvido) while the subordinate clause, expressing doubt, takes the subjunctive (tenha escutado).
 • When expressing doubt, feelings, or uncertainty about an action in a subordinate clause, it is common in Portuguese to use the subjunctive mood.
 • The compound subjunctive is formed by the present subjunctive of “ter” and the past participle of the main verb.

Alternate ways to say “I doubt that Ricardo has heard the news”:
 • Duvido que Ricardo tenha ouvido as notícias.
 • Não creio que Ricardo tenha escutado as notícias.
 • Tenho dúvidas de que Ricardo tenha escutado as notícias.

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