emergir — Portuguese conjugation

to emerge, to arise

Frequency#867Regular

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
euemirjoI emerge
tuemergesyou emerge
vocêemergeyou emerge
ele/elaemergehe/she/it emerges
nósemergimoswe emerge
vósemergisyou (pl.) emerge
vocêsemergemyou (pl.) emerge
eles/elasemergemthey emerge

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
euemergiI emerged
tuemergisteyou emerged
vocêemergiuyou emerged
ele/elaemergiuhe/she/it emerged
nósemergimoswe emerged
vósemergistesyou (pl.) emerged
vocêsemergiramyou (pl.) emerged
eles/elasemergiramthey emerged

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
euemergia
tuemergias
vocêemergia
ele/elaemergia
nósemergíamos
vósemergíeis
vocêsemergiam
eles/elasemergiam

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
euemergiriaI would emerge
tuemergiriasyou would emerge
vocêemergiriayou would emerge
ele/elaemergiriahe/she/it would emerge
nósemergiríamoswe would emerge
vósemergiríeisyou (pl.) would emerge
vocêsemergiriamyou (pl.) would emerge
eles/elasemergiriamthey would emerge

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
euemergireiI will emerge
tuemergirásyou will emerge
vocêemergiráyou will emerge
ele/elaemergiráhe/she/it will emerge
nósemergiremoswe will emerge
vósemergireisyou (pl.) will emerge
vocêsemergirãoyou (pl.) will emerge
eles/elasemergirãothey will emerge

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 emergidoI have emerged
tutens emergidoyou have emerged
vocêtem emergidoyou have emerged
ele/elatem emergidohe/she/it has emerged
nóstemos emergidowe have emerged
vóstendes emergidoyou (pl.) have emerged
vocêstêm emergidoyou (pl.) have emerged
eles/elastêm emergidothey have emerged

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 emergidoI had emerged
tutinhas emergidoyou had emerged
vocêtinha emergidoyou had emerged
ele/elatinha emergidohe/she/it had emerged
nóstínhamos emergidowe had emerged
vóstínheis emergidoyou (pl.) had emerged
vocêstinham emergidoyou (pl.) had emerged
eles/elastinham emergidothey had emerged

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

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 emergidoI will have emerged
tuterás emergidoyou will have emerged
vocêterá emergidoyou will have emerged
ele/elaterá emergidohe/she/it will have emerged
nósteremos emergidowe will have emerged
vóstereis emergidoyou (pl.) will have emerged
vocêsterão emergidoyou (pl.) will have emerged
eles/elasterão emergidothey will have emerged

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
euemirja
tuemirjas
vocêemirja
ele/elaemirja
nósemirjamos
vósemirjais
vocêsemirjam
eles/elasemirjam

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
euemergisse
tuemergisses
vocêemergisse
ele/elaemergisse
nósemergíssemos
vósemergísseis
vocêsemergissem
eles/elasemergissem

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
tuemerge
vocêemirja
ele/elaemirja
nósemirjamos
vósemergi
vocêsemirjam
eles/elasemirjam

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 emirjas
vocênão emirja
ele/elanão emirja
nósnão emirjamos
vósnão emirjais
vocêsnão emirjam
eles/elasnão emirjam