economizar — Portuguese conjugation

to save

Frequency#662Regular

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
eueconomizoI save
tueconomizasyou save
vocêeconomizayou save
ele/elaeconomizahe/she/it saves
nóseconomizamoswe save
vóseconomizaisyou (pl.) save
vocêseconomizamyou (pl.) save
eles/elaseconomizamthey save

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
eueconomizeiI saved
tueconomizasteyou saved
vocêeconomizouyou saved
ele/elaeconomizouhe/she/it saved
nóseconomizamoswe saved
vóseconomizastesyou (pl.) saved
vocêseconomizaramyou (pl.) saved
eles/elaseconomizaramthey saved

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
eueconomizava
tueconomizavas
vocêeconomizava
ele/elaeconomizava
nóseconomizávamos
vóseconomizáveis
vocêseconomizavam
eles/elaseconomizavam

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
eueconomizariaI would save
tueconomizariasyou would save
vocêeconomizariayou would save
ele/elaeconomizariahe/she/it would save
nóseconomizaríamoswe would save
vóseconomizaríeisyou (pl.) would save
vocêseconomizariamyou (pl.) would save
eles/elaseconomizariamthey would save

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
eueconomizareiI will save
tueconomizarásyou will save
vocêeconomizaráyou will save
ele/elaeconomizaráhe/she/it will save
nóseconomizaremoswe will save
vóseconomizareisyou (pl.) will save
vocêseconomizarãoyou (pl.) will save
eles/elaseconomizarãothey will save

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 economizadoI have saved
tutens economizadoyou have saved
vocêtem economizadoyou have saved
ele/elatem economizadohe/she/it has saved
nóstemos economizadowe have saved
vóstendes economizadoyou (pl.) have saved
vocêstêm economizadoyou (pl.) have saved
eles/elastêm economizadothey have saved

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 economizadoI had saved
tutinhas economizadoyou had saved
vocêtinha economizadoyou had saved
ele/elatinha economizadohe/she/it had saved
nóstínhamos economizadowe had saved
vóstínheis economizadoyou (pl.) had saved
vocêstinham economizadoyou (pl.) had saved
eles/elastinham economizadothey had saved

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

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 economizadoI will have saved
tuterás economizadoyou will have saved
vocêterá economizadoyou will have saved
ele/elaterá economizadohe/she/it will have saved
nósteremos economizadowe will have saved
vóstereis economizadoyou (pl.) will have saved
vocêsterão economizadoyou (pl.) will have saved
eles/elasterão economizadothey will have saved

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
eueconomize
tueconomizes
vocêeconomize
ele/elaeconomize
nóseconomizemos
vóseconomizeis
vocêseconomizem
eles/elaseconomizem

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
eueconomizasse
tueconomizasses
vocêeconomizasse
ele/elaeconomizasse
nóseconomizássemos
vóseconomizásseis
vocêseconomizassem
eles/elaseconomizassem

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
tueconomiza
vocêeconomize
ele/elaeconomize
nóseconomizemos
vóseconomizai
vocêseconomizem
eles/elaseconomizem

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 economizes
vocênão economize
ele/elanão economize
nósnão economizemos
vósnão economizeis
vocêsnão economizem
eles/elasnão economizem