empurrar — Portuguese conjugation

to push

Frequency#1133Irregular

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
euempurroI push
tuempurrasyou push
vocêempurrayou push
ele/elaempurrahe/she/it pushes
nósempurramoswe push
vósempurraisyou (pl.) push
vocêsempurramyou (pl.) push
eles/elasempurramthey push

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
euempurreiI pushed
tuempurrasteyou pushed
vocêempurrouyou pushed
ele/elaempurrouhe/she/it pushed
nósempurramoswe pushed
vósempurrastesyou (pl.) pushed
vocêsempurraramyou (pl.) pushed
eles/elasempurraramthey pushed

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
euempurrava
tuempurravas
vocêempurrava
ele/elaempurrava
nósempurrávamos
vósempurráveis
vocêsempurravam
eles/elasempurravam

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
euempurrariaI would push
tuempurrariasyou would push
vocêempurrariayou would push
ele/elaempurrariahe/she/it would push
nósempurraríamoswe would push
vósempurraríeisyou (pl.) would push
vocêsempurrariamyou (pl.) would push
eles/elasempurrariamthey would push

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
euempurrareiI will push
tuempurrarásyou will push
vocêempurraráyou will push
ele/elaempurraráhe/she/it will push
nósempurraremoswe will push
vósempurrareisyou (pl.) will push
vocêsempurrarãoyou (pl.) will push
eles/elasempurrarãothey will push

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 empurradoI have pushed
tutens empurradoyou have pushed
vocêtem empurradoyou have pushed
ele/elatem empurradohe/she/it has pushed
nóstemos empurradowe have pushed
vóstendes empurradoyou (pl.) have pushed
vocêstêm empurradoyou (pl.) have pushed
eles/elastêm empurradothey have pushed

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 empurradoI had pushed
tutinhas empurradoyou had pushed
vocêtinha empurradoyou had pushed
ele/elatinha empurradohe/she/it had pushed
nóstínhamos empurradowe had pushed
vóstínheis empurradoyou (pl.) had pushed
vocêstinham empurradoyou (pl.) had pushed
eles/elastinham empurradothey had pushed

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

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 empurradoI will have pushed
tuterás empurradoyou will have pushed
vocêterá empurradoyou will have pushed
ele/elaterá empurradohe/she/it will have pushed
nósteremos empurradowe will have pushed
vóstereis empurradoyou (pl.) will have pushed
vocêsterão empurradoyou (pl.) will have pushed
eles/elasterão empurradothey will have pushed

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
euempurre
tuempurres
vocêempurre
ele/elaempurre
nósempurremos
vósempurreis
vocêsempurrem
eles/elasempurrem

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
euempurrasse
tuempurrasses
vocêempurrasse
ele/elaempurrasse
nósempurrássemos
vósempurrásseis
vocêsempurrassem
eles/elasempurrassem

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
tuempurra
vocêempurre
ele/elaempurre
nósempurremos
vósempurrai
vocêsempurrem
eles/elasempurrem

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 empurres
vocênão empurre
ele/elanão empurre
nósnão empurremos
vósnão empurreis
vocêsnão empurrem
eles/elasnão empurrem