correr — Portuguese conjugation

to run

Frequency#80Regular

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
eucorroI run
tucorresyou run
vocêcorreyou run
ele/elacorrehe/she/it runs
nóscorremoswe run
vóscorreisyou (pl.) run
vocêscorremyou (pl.) run
eles/elascorremthey run

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
eucorriI ran
tucorresteyou ran
vocêcorreuyou ran
ele/elacorreuhe/she/it ran
nóscorremoswe ran
vóscorrestesyou (pl.) ran
vocêscorreramyou (pl.) ran
eles/elascorreramthey ran

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
eucorria
tucorrias
vocêcorria
ele/elacorria
nóscorríamos
vóscorríeis
vocêscorriam
eles/elascorriam

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
eucorreriaI would run
tucorreriasyou would run
vocêcorreriayou would run
ele/elacorreriahe/she/it would run
nóscorreríamoswe would run
vóscorreríeisyou (pl.) would run
vocêscorreriamyou (pl.) would run
eles/elascorreriamthey would run

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
eucorrereiI will run
tucorrerásyou will run
vocêcorreráyou will run
ele/elacorreráhe/she/it will run
nóscorreremoswe will run
vóscorrereisyou (pl.) will run
vocêscorrerãoyou (pl.) will run
eles/elascorrerãothey will run

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 corridoI have run
tutens corridoyou have run
vocêtem corridoyou have run
ele/elatem corridohe/she/it has run
nóstemos corridowe have run
vóstendes corridoyou (pl.) have run
vocêstêm corridoyou (pl.) have run
eles/elastêm corridothey have run

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 corridoI had run
tutinhas corridoyou had run
vocêtinha corridoyou had run
ele/elatinha corridohe/she/it had run
nóstínhamos corridowe had run
vóstínheis corridoyou (pl.) had run
vocêstinham corridoyou (pl.) had run
eles/elastinham corridothey had run

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

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 corridoI will have run
tuterás corridoyou will have run
vocêterá corridoyou will have run
ele/elaterá corridohe/she/it will have run
nósteremos corridowe will have run
vóstereis corridoyou (pl.) will have run
vocêsterão corridoyou (pl.) will have run
eles/elasterão corridothey will have run

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
eucorra
tucorras
vocêcorra
ele/elacorra
nóscorramos
vóscorrais
vocêscorram
eles/elascorram

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
eucorresse
tucorresses
vocêcorresse
ele/elacorresse
nóscorrêssemos
vóscorrêsseis
vocêscorressem
eles/elascorressem

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
tucorre
vocêcorra
ele/elacorra
nóscorramos
vóscorrei
vocêscorram
eles/elascorram

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 corras
vocênão corra
ele/elanão corra
nósnão corramos
vósnão corrais
vocêsnão corram
eles/elasnão corram