explodir — Portuguese conjugation

to explode

Frequency#606Regular

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
euexpludoI explode
tuexplodesyou explode
vocêexplodeyou explode
ele/elaexplodehe/she/it explodes
nósexplodimoswe explode
vósexplodisyou (pl.) explode
vocêsexplodemyou (pl.) explode
eles/elasexplodemthey explode

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
euexplodiI exploded
tuexplodisteyou exploded
vocêexplodiuyou exploded
ele/elaexplodiuhe/she/it exploded
nósexplodimoswe exploded
vósexplodistesyou (pl.) exploded
vocêsexplodiramyou (pl.) exploded
eles/elasexplodiramthey exploded

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
euexplodia
tuexplodias
vocêexplodia
ele/elaexplodia
nósexplodíamos
vósexplodíeis
vocêsexplodiam
eles/elasexplodiam

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
euexplodiriaI would explode
tuexplodiriasyou would explode
vocêexplodiriayou would explode
ele/elaexplodiriahe/she/it would explode
nósexplodiríamoswe would explode
vósexplodiríeisyou (pl.) would explode
vocêsexplodiriamyou (pl.) would explode
eles/elasexplodiriamthey would explode

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
euexplodireiI will explode
tuexplodirásyou will explode
vocêexplodiráyou will explode
ele/elaexplodiráhe/she/it will explode
nósexplodiremoswe will explode
vósexplodireisyou (pl.) will explode
vocêsexplodirãoyou (pl.) will explode
eles/elasexplodirãothey will explode

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 explodidoI have exploded
tutens explodidoyou have exploded
vocêtem explodidoyou have exploded
ele/elatem explodidohe/she/it has exploded
nóstemos explodidowe have exploded
vóstendes explodidoyou (pl.) have exploded
vocêstêm explodidoyou (pl.) have exploded
eles/elastêm explodidothey have exploded

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 explodidoI had exploded
tutinhas explodidoyou had exploded
vocêtinha explodidoyou had exploded
ele/elatinha explodidohe/she/it had exploded
nóstínhamos explodidowe had exploded
vóstínheis explodidoyou (pl.) had exploded
vocêstinham explodidoyou (pl.) had exploded
eles/elastinham explodidothey had exploded

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

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 explodidoI will have exploded
tuterás explodidoyou will have exploded
vocêterá explodidoyou will have exploded
ele/elaterá explodidohe/she/it will have exploded
nósteremos explodidowe will have exploded
vóstereis explodidoyou (pl.) will have exploded
vocêsterão explodidoyou (pl.) will have exploded
eles/elasterão explodidothey will have exploded

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
euexpluda
tuexpludas
vocêexpluda
ele/elaexpluda
nósexpludamos
vósexpludais
vocêsexpludam
eles/elasexpludam

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
euexplodisse
tuexplodisses
vocêexplodisse
ele/elaexplodisse
nósexplodíssemos
vósexplodísseis
vocêsexplodissem
eles/elasexplodissem

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
tuexplode
vocêexpluda
ele/elaexpluda
nósexpludamos
vósexplodi
vocêsexpludam
eles/elasexpludam

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 expludas
vocênão expluda
ele/elanão expluda
nósnão expludamos
vósnão expludais
vocêsnão expludam
eles/elasnão expludam