durar — Portuguese conjugation

to last

Frequency#160Regular

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
euduroI last
tudurasyou last
vocêdurayou last
ele/eladurahe/she/it lasts
nósduramoswe last
vósduraisyou (pl.) last
vocêsduramyou (pl.) last
eles/elasduramthey last

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
eudureiI lasted
tudurasteyou lasted
vocêdurouyou lasted
ele/eladurouhe/she/it lasted
nósduramoswe lasted
vósdurastesyou (pl.) lasted
vocêsduraramyou (pl.) lasted
eles/elasduraramthey lasted

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
eudurava
tuduravas
vocêdurava
ele/eladurava
nósdurávamos
vósduráveis
vocêsduravam
eles/elasduravam

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
eudurariaI would last
tudurariasyou would last
vocêdurariayou would last
ele/eladurariahe/she/it would last
nósduraríamoswe would last
vósduraríeisyou (pl.) would last
vocêsdurariamyou (pl.) would last
eles/elasdurariamthey would last

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
eudurareiI will last
tudurarásyou will last
vocêduraráyou will last
ele/eladuraráhe/she/it will last
nósduraremoswe will last
vósdurareisyou (pl.) will last
vocêsdurarãoyou (pl.) will last
eles/elasdurarãothey will last

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 duradoI have lasted
tutens duradoyou have lasted
vocêtem duradoyou have lasted
ele/elatem duradohe/she/it has lasted
nóstemos duradowe have lasted
vóstendes duradoyou (pl.) have lasted
vocêstêm duradoyou (pl.) have lasted
eles/elastêm duradothey have lasted

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 duradoI had lasted
tutinhas duradoyou had lasted
vocêtinha duradoyou had lasted
ele/elatinha duradohe/she/it had lasted
nóstínhamos duradowe had lasted
vóstínheis duradoyou (pl.) had lasted
vocêstinham duradoyou (pl.) had lasted
eles/elastinham duradothey had lasted

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

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 duradoI will have lasted
tuterás duradoyou will have lasted
vocêterá duradoyou will have lasted
ele/elaterá duradohe/she/it will have lasted
nósteremos duradowe will have lasted
vóstereis duradoyou (pl.) will have lasted
vocêsterão duradoyou (pl.) will have lasted
eles/elasterão duradothey will have lasted

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
eudure
tudures
vocêdure
ele/eladure
nósduremos
vósdureis
vocêsdurem
eles/elasdurem

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
eudurasse
tudurasses
vocêdurasse
ele/eladurasse
nósdurássemos
vósdurásseis
vocêsdurassem
eles/elasdurassem

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
tudura
vocêdure
ele/eladure
nósduremos
vósdurai
vocêsdurem
eles/elasdurem

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 dures
vocênão dure
ele/elanão dure
nósnão duremos
vósnão dureis
vocêsnão durem
eles/elasnão durem