depurar — Portuguese conjugation

to purify

Frequency#947Irregular

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
eudepuroI purify
tudepurasyou purify
vocêdepurayou purify
ele/eladepurahe/she/it purifies
nósdepuramoswe purify
vósdepuraisyou (pl.) purify
vocêsdepuramyou (pl.) purify
eles/elasdepuramthey purify

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
eudepureiI purified
tudepurasteyou purified
vocêdepurouyou purified
ele/eladepurouhe/she/it purified
nósdepuramoswe purified
vósdepurastesyou (pl.) purified
vocêsdepuraramyou (pl.) purified
eles/elasdepuraramthey purified

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
eudepurava
tudepuravas
vocêdepurava
ele/eladepurava
nósdepurávamos
vósdepuráveis
vocêsdepuravam
eles/elasdepuravam

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
eudepurariaI would purify
tudepurariasyou would purify
vocêdepurariayou would purify
ele/eladepurariahe/she/it would purify
nósdepuraríamoswe would purify
vósdepuraríeisyou (pl.) would purify
vocêsdepurariamyou (pl.) would purify
eles/elasdepurariamthey would purify

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
eudepurareiI will purify
tudepurarásyou will purify
vocêdepuraráyou will purify
ele/eladepuraráhe/she/it will purify
nósdepuraremoswe will purify
vósdepurareisyou (pl.) will purify
vocêsdepurarãoyou (pl.) will purify
eles/elasdepurarãothey will purify

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 depuradoI have purified
tutens depuradoyou have purified
vocêtem depuradoyou have purified
ele/elatem depuradohe/she/it has purified
nóstemos depuradowe have purified
vóstendes depuradoyou (pl.) have purified
vocêstêm depuradoyou (pl.) have purified
eles/elastêm depuradothey have purified

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 depuradoI had purified
tutinhas depuradoyou had purified
vocêtinha depuradoyou had purified
ele/elatinha depuradohe/she/it had purified
nóstínhamos depuradowe had purified
vóstínheis depuradoyou (pl.) had purified
vocêstinham depuradoyou (pl.) had purified
eles/elastinham depuradothey had purified

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

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 depuradoI will have purified
tuterás depuradoyou will have purified
vocêterá depuradoyou will have purified
ele/elaterá depuradohe/she/it will have purified
nósteremos depuradowe will have purified
vóstereis depuradoyou (pl.) will have purified
vocêsterão depuradoyou (pl.) will have purified
eles/elasterão depuradothey will have purified

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
eudepure
tudepures
vocêdepure
ele/eladepure
nósdepuremos
vósdepureis
vocêsdepurem
eles/elasdepurem

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
eudepurasse
tudepurasses
vocêdepurasse
ele/eladepurasse
nósdepurássemos
vósdepurásseis
vocêsdepurassem
eles/elasdepurassem

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
tudepura
vocêdepure
ele/eladepure
nósdepuremos
vósdepurai
vocêsdepurem
eles/elasdepurem

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 depures
vocênão depure
ele/elanão depure
nósnão depuremos
vósnão depureis
vocêsnão depurem
eles/elasnão depurem