Portuguese

Verb

tivesse

1. first-person singular (eu) imperfect subjunctive of ter
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) imperfect subjunctive of ter
   • 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, page 227:

     Pensei que você tivesse dito que ela estava só mandando você escrever!

     I thought that you have said that she was just ordering you to write!

3. (nonstandard) Alternative form of estivesse