cuspir — Portuguese conjugation

to spit

Frequency#943Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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
eucuspoI spit
tucospesyou spit
vocêcospeyou spit
ele/elacospehe/she/it spits
nóscuspimoswe spit
vóscuspisyou (pl.) spit
vocêscospemyou (pl.) spit
eles/elascospemthey spit

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
eucuspiI spat
tucuspisteyou spat
vocêcuspiuyou spat
ele/elacuspiuhe/she/it spat
nóscuspimoswe spat
vóscuspistesyou (pl.) spat
vocêscuspiramyou (pl.) spat
eles/elascuspiramthey spat

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
eucuspia
tucuspias
vocêcuspia
ele/elacuspia
nóscuspíamos
vóscuspíeis
vocêscuspiam
eles/elascuspiam

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
eucuspiriaI would spit
tucuspiriasyou would spit
vocêcuspiriayou would spit
ele/elacuspiriahe/she/it would spit
nóscuspiríamoswe would spit
vóscuspiríeisyou (pl.) would spit
vocêscuspiriamyou (pl.) would spit
eles/elascuspiriamthey would spit

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
eucuspireiI will spit
tucuspirásyou will spit
vocêcuspiráyou will spit
ele/elacuspiráhe/she/it will spit
nóscuspiremoswe will spit
vóscuspireisyou (pl.) will spit
vocêscuspirãoyou (pl.) will spit
eles/elascuspirãothey will spit

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 cuspidoI have spat
tutens cuspidoyou have spat
vocêtem cuspidoyou have spat
ele/elatem cuspidohe/she/it has spat
nóstemos cuspidowe have spat
vóstendes cuspidoyou (pl.) have spat
vocêstêm cuspidoyou (pl.) have spat
eles/elastêm cuspidothey have spat

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 cuspidoI had spat
tutinhas cuspidoyou had spat
vocêtinha cuspidoyou had spat
ele/elatinha cuspidohe/she/it had spat
nóstínhamos cuspidowe had spat
vóstínheis cuspidoyou (pl.) had spat
vocêstinham cuspidoyou (pl.) had spat
eles/elastinham cuspidothey had spat

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

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 cuspidoI will have spat
tuterás cuspidoyou will have spat
vocêterá cuspidoyou will have spat
ele/elaterá cuspidohe/she/it will have spat
nósteremos cuspidowe will have spat
vóstereis cuspidoyou (pl.) will have spat
vocêsterão cuspidoyou (pl.) will have spat
eles/elasterão cuspidothey will have spat

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
eucuspa
tucuspas
vocêcuspa
ele/elacuspa
nóscuspamos
vóscuspais
vocêscuspam
eles/elascuspam

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
eucuspisse
tucuspisses
vocêcuspisse
ele/elacuspisse
nóscuspíssemos
vóscuspísseis
vocêscuspissem
eles/elascuspissem

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
tucospe
vocêcuspa
ele/elacuspa
nóscuspamos
vóscuspi
vocêscuspam
eles/elascuspam

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 cuspas
vocênão cuspa
ele/elanão cuspa
nósnão cuspamos
vósnão cuspais
vocêsnão cuspam
eles/elasnão cuspam