isolar — Portuguese conjugation

to isolate

Frequency#805IrregularReflexiveisolar-se — to isolate oneself

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
euisoloI isolate
tuisolasyou isolate
vocêisolayou isolate
ele/elaisolahe/she/it isolates
nósisolamoswe isolate
vósisolaisyou (pl.) isolate
vocêsisolamyou (pl.) isolate
eles/elasisolamthey isolate

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
euisoleiI isolated
tuisolasteyou isolated
vocêisolouyou isolated
ele/elaisolouhe/she/it isolated
nósisolamoswe isolated
vósisolastesyou (pl.) isolated
vocêsisolaramyou (pl.) isolated
eles/elasisolaramthey isolated

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
euisolava
tuisolavas
vocêisolava
ele/elaisolava
nósisolávamos
vósisoláveis
vocêsisolavam
eles/elasisolavam

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
euisolariaI would isolate
tuisolariasyou would isolate
vocêisolariayou would isolate
ele/elaisolariahe/she/it would isolate
nósisolaríamoswe would isolate
vósisolaríeisyou (pl.) would isolate
vocêsisolariamyou (pl.) would isolate
eles/elasisolariamthey would isolate

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
euisolareiI will isolate
tuisolarásyou will isolate
vocêisolaráyou will isolate
ele/elaisolaráhe/she/it will isolate
nósisolaremoswe will isolate
vósisolareisyou (pl.) will isolate
vocêsisolarãoyou (pl.) will isolate
eles/elasisolarãothey will isolate

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 isoladoI have isolated
tutens isoladoyou have isolated
vocêtem isoladoyou have isolated
ele/elatem isoladohe/she/it has isolated
nóstemos isoladowe have isolated
vóstendes isoladoyou (pl.) have isolated
vocêstêm isoladoyou (pl.) have isolated
eles/elastêm isoladothey have isolated

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 isoladoI had isolated
tutinhas isoladoyou had isolated
vocêtinha isoladoyou had isolated
ele/elatinha isoladohe/she/it had isolated
nóstínhamos isoladowe had isolated
vóstínheis isoladoyou (pl.) had isolated
vocêstinham isoladoyou (pl.) had isolated
eles/elastinham isoladothey had isolated

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

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 isoladoI will have isolated
tuterás isoladoyou will have isolated
vocêterá isoladoyou will have isolated
ele/elaterá isoladohe/she/it will have isolated
nósteremos isoladowe will have isolated
vóstereis isoladoyou (pl.) will have isolated
vocêsterão isoladoyou (pl.) will have isolated
eles/elasterão isoladothey will have isolated

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
euisole
tuisoles
vocêisole
ele/elaisole
nósisolemos
vósisoleis
vocêsisolem
eles/elasisolem

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
euisolasse
tuisolasses
vocêisolasse
ele/elaisolasse
nósisolássemos
vósisolásseis
vocêsisolassem
eles/elasisolassem

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
tuisola
vocêisole
ele/elaisole
nósisolemos
vósisolai
vocêsisolem
eles/elasisolem

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 isoles
vocênão isole
ele/elanão isole
nósnão isolemos
vósnão isoleis
vocêsnão isolem
eles/elasnão isolem