derrubar — Portuguese conjugation
to knock down
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | derrubo | I knock down |
| tu | derrubas | you knock down |
| você | derruba | you knock down |
| ele/ela | derruba | he/she/it knocks down |
| nós | derrubamos | we knock down |
| vós | derrubais | you (pl.) knock down |
| vocês | derrubam | you (pl.) knock down |
| eles/elas | derrubam | they knock down |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | derrubei | I knocked down |
| tu | derrubaste | you knocked down |
| você | derrubou | you knocked down |
| ele/ela | derrubou | he/she/it knocked down |
| nós | derrubamos | we knocked down |
| vós | derrubastes | you (pl.) knocked down |
| vocês | derrubaram | you (pl.) knocked down |
| eles/elas | derrubaram | they knocked down |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | derrubava |
| tu | derrubavas |
| você | derrubava |
| ele/ela | derrubava |
| nós | derrubávamos |
| vós | derrubáveis |
| vocês | derrubavam |
| eles/elas | derrubavam |
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?
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | derrubaria | I would knock down |
| tu | derrubarias | you would knock down |
| você | derrubaria | you would knock down |
| ele/ela | derrubaria | he/she/it would knock down |
| nós | derrubaríamos | we would knock down |
| vós | derrubaríeis | you (pl.) would knock down |
| vocês | derrubariam | you (pl.) would knock down |
| eles/elas | derrubariam | they would knock down |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | derrubarei | I will knock down |
| tu | derrubarás | you will knock down |
| você | derrubará | you will knock down |
| ele/ela | derrubará | he/she/it will knock down |
| nós | derrubaremos | we will knock down |
| vós | derrubareis | you (pl.) will knock down |
| vocês | derrubarão | you (pl.) will knock down |
| eles/elas | derrubarão | they will knock down |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tenho derrubado | I have knocked down |
| tu | tens derrubado | you have knocked down |
| você | tem derrubado | you have knocked down |
| ele/ela | tem derrubado | he/she/it has knocked down |
| nós | temos derrubado | we have knocked down |
| vós | tendes derrubado | you (pl.) have knocked down |
| vocês | têm derrubado | you (pl.) have knocked down |
| eles/elas | têm derrubado | they have knocked down |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tinha derrubado | I had knocked down |
| tu | tinhas derrubado | you had knocked down |
| você | tinha derrubado | you had knocked down |
| ele/ela | tinha derrubado | he/she/it had knocked down |
| nós | tínhamos derrubado | we had knocked down |
| vós | tínheis derrubado | you (pl.) had knocked down |
| vocês | tinham derrubado | you (pl.) had knocked down |
| eles/elas | tinham derrubado | they had knocked down |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | teria derrubado |
| tu | terias derrubado |
| você | teria derrubado |
| ele/ela | teria derrubado |
| nós | teríamos derrubado |
| vós | teríeis derrubado |
| vocês | teriam derrubado |
| eles/elas | teriam derrubado |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | terei derrubado | I will have knocked down |
| tu | terás derrubado | you will have knocked down |
| você | terá derrubado | you will have knocked down |
| ele/ela | terá derrubado | he/she/it will have knocked down |
| nós | teremos derrubado | we will have knocked down |
| vós | tereis derrubado | you (pl.) will have knocked down |
| vocês | terão derrubado | you (pl.) will have knocked down |
| eles/elas | terão derrubado | they will have knocked down |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | derrube |
| tu | derrubes |
| você | derrube |
| ele/ela | derrube |
| nós | derrubemos |
| vós | derrubeis |
| vocês | derrubem |
| eles/elas | derrubem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | derrubasse |
| tu | derrubasses |
| você | derrubasse |
| ele/ela | derrubasse |
| nós | derrubássemos |
| vós | derrubásseis |
| vocês | derrubassem |
| eles/elas | derrubassem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | derruba |
| você | derrube |
| ele/ela | derrube |
| nós | derrubemos |
| vós | derrubai |
| vocês | derrubem |
| eles/elas | derrubem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | não derrubes |
| você | não derrube |
| ele/ela | não derrube |
| nós | não derrubemos |
| vós | não derrubeis |
| vocês | não derrubem |
| eles/elas | não derrubem |