afastar — Portuguese conjugation

to move away, to remove (afastar-se: to move away)

Frequency#648Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Regular

The presente covers routines, states, and immediate future with adverbs like hoje or amanhã. One present form covers both English simple and progressive readings in most situations.

Ela estuda português todas as noites.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
euafastoI move away
tuafastasyou move away
vocêafastayou move away
ele/elaafastahe/she/it moves away
nósafastamoswe move away
vósafastaisyou (pl.) move away
vocêsafastamyou (pl.) move away
eles/elasafastamthey move away

Preterite (Pretérito perfeito simples) Irregular

The pretérito perfeito simples is a sharp, completed past. In European Portuguese it is the standard story-telling past; Brazilian usage often prefers the compound form in speech while keeping the simple for narrative and writing.

Ontem escreveu a carta inteira de uma vez.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
euafasteiI moved away
tuafastasteyou moved away
vocêafastouyou moved away
ele/elaafastouhe/she/it moved away
nósafastamoswe moved away
vósafastastesyou (pl.) moved away
vocêsafastaramyou (pl.) moved away
eles/elasafastaramthey moved away

Imperfect (Pretérito imperfeito) Regular

The imperfeito describes past background, repeated actions, and how things used to be. Contrast it with the simple preterite for the “main event” line of a story.

Quando era criança, brincava na praia.

PronounPortuguese
euafastava
tuafastavas
vocêafastava
ele/elaafastava
nósafastávamos
vósafastáveis
vocêsafastavam
eles/elasafastavam

Conditional (Condicional) Regular

The condicional is for polite offers, soft questions, and hypothetical “would” outcomes, and it often closes a se + imperfeito do subjuntivo chain in formal style.

Você poderia me explicar outra vez?

PronounPortugueseEnglish
euafastariaI would move away
tuafastariasyou would move away
vocêafastariayou would move away
ele/elaafastariahe/she/it would move away
nósafastaríamoswe would move away
vósafastaríeisyou (pl.) would move away
vocêsafastariamyou (pl.) would move away
eles/elasafastariamthey would move away

Future (Futuro do presente) Regular

The futuro do presente states future facts; in everyday conversation you will often hear ir + infinitive or even the present with a time adverb instead of the synthetic future.

Amanhã faremos a reunião mais cedo.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
euafastareiI will move away
tuafastarásyou will move away
vocêafastaráyou will move away
ele/elaafastaráhe/she/it will move away
nósafastaremoswe will move away
vósafastareisyou (pl.) will move away
vocêsafastarãoyou (pl.) will move away
eles/elasafastarãothey will move away

Present perfect (Pretérito perfeito composto) Regular

The pretérito perfeito composto uses ter or haver plus the participle for a past that still touches the present or happens repeatedly up to now — a “have done” perfect with strong links to European norms.

Tenho pensado nisso há semanas.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
eutenho afastadoI have moved away
tutens afastadoyou have moved away
vocêtem afastadoyou have moved away
ele/elatem afastadohe/she/it has moved away
nóstemos afastadowe have moved away
vóstendes afastadoyou (pl.) have moved away
vocêstêm afastadoyou (pl.) have moved away
eles/elastêm afastadothey have moved away

Pluperfect (Mais-que-perfeito composto) Regular

The mais-que-perfeito composto is the pluperfect: an action was already finished before another past reference. It mirrors the English “had already”.

Já tinham saído quando chegámos.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
eutinha afastadoI had moved away
tutinhas afastadoyou had moved away
vocêtinha afastadoyou had moved away
ele/elatinha afastadohe/she/it had moved away
nóstínhamos afastadowe had moved away
vóstínheis afastadoyou (pl.) had moved away
vocêstinham afastadoyou (pl.) had moved away
eles/elastinham afastadothey had moved away

Conditional perfect (Condicional composto) Regular

The condicional composto expresses a counterfactual “would have” and appears with the right kind of if-clause in the subjunctive past for unreal conditions.

Teria aceite se tiveses avisado com antecedência.

PronounPortuguese
euteria afastado
tuterias afastado
vocêteria afastado
ele/elateria afastado
nósteríamos afastado
vósteríeis afastado
vocêsteriam afastado
eles/elasteriam afastado

Future perfect (Futuro composto) Regular

The futuro composto is the future-in-the-future: something will be finished before a later time. It is less frequent than the simple future but still useful for deadlines.

Até sexta, teremos lido tudo o relatório.

PronounPortugueseEnglish
euterei afastadoI will have moved away
tuterás afastadoyou will have moved away
vocêterá afastadoyou will have moved away
ele/elaterá afastadohe/she/it will have moved away
nósteremos afastadowe will have moved away
vóstereis afastadoyou (pl.) will have moved away
vocêsterão afastadoyou (pl.) will have moved away
eles/elasterão afastadothey will have moved away

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Conjuntivo presente) Regular

The present subjunctive appears after want, hope, fear, and impersonal triggers, and typically requires a new subject in the subordinate clause, just as in the other main Romance languages.

Espero que encontres o caminho fácil.

PronounPortuguese
euafaste
tuafastes
vocêafaste
ele/elaafaste
nósafastemos
vósafasteis
vocêsafastem
eles/elasafastem

Imperfect subjunctive (Conjuntivo pretérito imperf.) Regular

The imperfect subjunctive in se + subjunctive → condicional is the classic “if I were a rich man” line in European Portuguese, parallel to the Spanish -ra form.

Se tivesse mais tempo, aprenderia outro idioma.

PronounPortuguese
euafastasse
tuafastasses
vocêafastasse
ele/elaafastasse
nósafastássemos
vósafastásseis
vocêsafastassem
eles/elasafastassem

Other forms

Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo afirmativo) Regular

The affirmative imperative in Portuguese is built with tu, você, nós, vós, and vocês forms; Brazilian norms favour você/vocês with third-person present verb shapes.

Diga a verdade, por favor.

PronounPortuguese
tuafasta
vocêafaste
ele/elaafaste
nósafastemos
vósafastai
vocêsafastem
eles/elasafastem

Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular

Negative commands require não plus the present subjunctive for each person, which is a distinctive feature compared to other Romance systems that reuse present indicative in some slots.

Não falemos com pressa, está tudo calmo.

PronounPortuguese
tunão afastes
vocênão afaste
ele/elanão afaste
nósnão afastemos
vósnão afasteis
vocêsnão afastem
eles/elasnão afastem