fugir — Portuguese conjugation

to flee

Frequency#495Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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
eufujoI flee
tufogesyou flee
vocêfogeyou flee
ele/elafogehe/she/it flees
nósfugimoswe flee
vósfugisyou (pl.) flee
vocêsfogemyou (pl.) flee
eles/elasfogemthey flee

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
eufugiI fled
tufugisteyou fled
vocêfugiuyou fled
ele/elafugiuhe/she/it fled
nósfugimoswe fled
vósfugistesyou (pl.) fled
vocêsfugiramyou (pl.) fled
eles/elasfugiramthey fled

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
eufugia
tufugias
vocêfugia
ele/elafugia
nósfugíamos
vósfugíeis
vocêsfugiam
eles/elasfugiam

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
eufugiriaI would flee
tufugiriasyou would flee
vocêfugiriayou would flee
ele/elafugiriahe/she/it would flee
nósfugiríamoswe would flee
vósfugiríeisyou (pl.) would flee
vocêsfugiriamyou (pl.) would flee
eles/elasfugiriamthey would flee

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
eufugireiI will flee
tufugirásyou will flee
vocêfugiráyou will flee
ele/elafugiráhe/she/it will flee
nósfugiremoswe will flee
vósfugireisyou (pl.) will flee
vocêsfugirãoyou (pl.) will flee
eles/elasfugirãothey will flee

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 fugidoI have fled
tutens fugidoyou have fled
vocêtem fugidoyou have fled
ele/elatem fugidohe/she/it has fled
nóstemos fugidowe have fled
vóstendes fugidoyou (pl.) have fled
vocêstêm fugidoyou (pl.) have fled
eles/elastêm fugidothey have fled

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 fugidoI had fled
tutinhas fugidoyou had fled
vocêtinha fugidoyou had fled
ele/elatinha fugidohe/she/it had fled
nóstínhamos fugidowe had fled
vóstínheis fugidoyou (pl.) had fled
vocêstinham fugidoyou (pl.) had fled
eles/elastinham fugidothey had fled

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

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 fugidoI will have fled
tuterás fugidoyou will have fled
vocêterá fugidoyou will have fled
ele/elaterá fugidohe/she/it will have fled
nósteremos fugidowe will have fled
vóstereis fugidoyou (pl.) will have fled
vocêsterão fugidoyou (pl.) will have fled
eles/elasterão fugidothey will have fled

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
eufuja
tufujas
vocêfuja
ele/elafuja
nósfujamos
vósfujais
vocêsfujam
eles/elasfujam

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
eufugisse
tufugisses
vocêfugisse
ele/elafugisse
nósfugíssemos
vósfugísseis
vocêsfugissem
eles/elasfugissem

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
tufoge
vocêfuja
ele/elafuja
nósfujamos
vósfugi
vocêsfujam
eles/elasfujam

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 fujas
vocênão fuja
ele/elanão fuja
nósnão fujamos
vósnão fujais
vocêsnão fujam
eles/elasnão fujam