curar — Portuguese conjugation

to heal

Frequency#260RegularReflexivecurar-se — to heal oneself

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
eucuroI heal
tucurasyou heal
vocêcurayou heal
ele/elacurahe/she/it heals
nóscuramoswe heal
vóscuraisyou (pl.) heal
vocêscuramyou (pl.) heal
eles/elascuramthey heal

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
eucureiI healed
tucurasteyou healed
vocêcurouyou healed
ele/elacurouhe/she/it healed
nóscuramoswe healed
vóscurastesyou (pl.) healed
vocêscuraramyou (pl.) healed
eles/elascuraramthey healed

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
eucurava
tucuravas
vocêcurava
ele/elacurava
nóscurávamos
vóscuráveis
vocêscuravam
eles/elascuravam

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
eucurariaI would heal
tucurariasyou would heal
vocêcurariayou would heal
ele/elacurariahe/she/it would heal
nóscuraríamoswe would heal
vóscuraríeisyou (pl.) would heal
vocêscurariamyou (pl.) would heal
eles/elascurariamthey would heal

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
eucurareiI will heal
tucurarásyou will heal
vocêcuraráyou will heal
ele/elacuraráhe/she/it will heal
nóscuraremoswe will heal
vóscurareisyou (pl.) will heal
vocêscurarãoyou (pl.) will heal
eles/elascurarãothey will heal

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 curadoI have healed
tutens curadoyou have healed
vocêtem curadoyou have healed
ele/elatem curadohe/she/it has healed
nóstemos curadowe have healed
vóstendes curadoyou (pl.) have healed
vocêstêm curadoyou (pl.) have healed
eles/elastêm curadothey have healed

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 curadoI had healed
tutinhas curadoyou had healed
vocêtinha curadoyou had healed
ele/elatinha curadohe/she/it had healed
nóstínhamos curadowe had healed
vóstínheis curadoyou (pl.) had healed
vocêstinham curadoyou (pl.) had healed
eles/elastinham curadothey had healed

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

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 curadoI will have healed
tuterás curadoyou will have healed
vocêterá curadoyou will have healed
ele/elaterá curadohe/she/it will have healed
nósteremos curadowe will have healed
vóstereis curadoyou (pl.) will have healed
vocêsterão curadoyou (pl.) will have healed
eles/elasterão curadothey will have healed

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
eucure
tucures
vocêcure
ele/elacure
nóscuremos
vóscureis
vocêscurem
eles/elascurem

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
eucurasse
tucurasses
vocêcurasse
ele/elacurasse
nóscurássemos
vóscurásseis
vocêscurassem
eles/elascurassem

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
tucura
vocêcure
ele/elacure
nóscuremos
vóscurai
vocêscurem
eles/elascurem

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 cures
vocênão cure
ele/elanão cure
nósnão curemos
vósnão cureis
vocêsnão curem
eles/elasnão curem