assumir — Portuguese conjugation

to assume (to take on or accept responsibility)

Frequency#653Regular

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
euassumoI assume
tuassumesyou assume
vocêassumeyou assume
ele/elaassumehe/she/it assumes
nósassumimoswe assume
vósassumisyou (pl.) assume
vocêsassumemyou (pl.) assume
eles/elasassumemthey assume

Preterite (Pretérito perfeito simples) Regular

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
euassumiI assumed
tuassumisteyou assumed
vocêassumiuyou assumed
ele/elaassumiuhe/she/it assumed
nósassumimoswe assumed
vósassumistesyou (pl.) assumed
vocêsassumiramyou (pl.) assumed
eles/elasassumiramthey assumed

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
euassumia
tuassumias
vocêassumia
ele/elaassumia
nósassumíamos
vósassumíeis
vocêsassumiam
eles/elasassumiam

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
euassumiriaI would assume
tuassumiriasyou would assume
vocêassumiriayou would assume
ele/elaassumiriahe/she/it would assume
nósassumiríamoswe would assume
vósassumiríeisyou (pl.) would assume
vocêsassumiriamyou (pl.) would assume
eles/elasassumiriamthey would assume

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
euassumireiI will assume
tuassumirásyou will assume
vocêassumiráyou will assume
ele/elaassumiráhe/she/it will assume
nósassumiremoswe will assume
vósassumireisyou (pl.) will assume
vocêsassumirãoyou (pl.) will assume
eles/elasassumirãothey will assume

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 assumidoI have assumed
tutens assumidoyou have assumed
vocêtem assumidoyou have assumed
ele/elatem assumidohe/she/it has assumed
nóstemos assumidowe have assumed
vóstendes assumidoyou (pl.) have assumed
vocêstêm assumidoyou (pl.) have assumed
eles/elastêm assumidothey have assumed

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 assumidoI had assumed
tutinhas assumidoyou had assumed
vocêtinha assumidoyou had assumed
ele/elatinha assumidohe/she/it had assumed
nóstínhamos assumidowe had assumed
vóstínheis assumidoyou (pl.) had assumed
vocêstinham assumidoyou (pl.) had assumed
eles/elastinham assumidothey had assumed

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 assumido
tuterias assumido
vocêteria assumido
ele/elateria assumido
nósteríamos assumido
vósteríeis assumido
vocêsteriam assumido
eles/elasteriam assumido

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 assumidoI will have assumed
tuterás assumidoyou will have assumed
vocêterá assumidoyou will have assumed
ele/elaterá assumidohe/she/it will have assumed
nósteremos assumidowe will have assumed
vóstereis assumidoyou (pl.) will have assumed
vocêsterão assumidoyou (pl.) will have assumed
eles/elasterão assumidothey will have assumed

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
euassuma
tuassumas
vocêassuma
ele/elaassuma
nósassumamos
vósassumais
vocêsassumam
eles/elasassumam

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
euassumisse
tuassumisses
vocêassumisse
ele/elaassumisse
nósassumíssemos
vósassumísseis
vocêsassumissem
eles/elasassumissem

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
tuassume
vocêassuma
ele/elaassuma
nósassumamos
vósassumi
vocêsassumam
eles/elasassumam

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 assumas
vocênão assuma
ele/elanão assuma
nósnão assumamos
vósnão assumais
vocêsnão assumam
eles/elasnão assumam