partir — Portuguese conjugation

to leave

Frequency#66RegularReflexivepartir-se — to depart 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
eupartoI leave
tupartesyou leave
vocêparteyou leave
ele/elapartehe/she/it leaves
nóspartimoswe leave
vóspartisyou (pl.) leave
vocêspartemyou (pl.) leave
eles/elaspartemthey leave

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
eupartiI left
tupartisteyou left
vocêpartiuyou left
ele/elapartiuhe/she/it left
nóspartimoswe left
vóspartistesyou (pl.) left
vocêspartiramyou (pl.) left
eles/elaspartiramthey left

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
eupartia
tupartias
vocêpartia
ele/elapartia
nóspartíamos
vóspartíeis
vocêspartiam
eles/elaspartiam

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
eupartiriaI would leave
tupartiriasyou would leave
vocêpartiriayou would leave
ele/elapartiriahe/she/it would leave
nóspartiríamoswe would leave
vóspartiríeisyou (pl.) would leave
vocêspartiriamyou (pl.) would leave
eles/elaspartiriamthey would leave

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
eupartireiI will leave
tupartirásyou will leave
vocêpartiráyou will leave
ele/elapartiráhe/she/it will leave
nóspartiremoswe will leave
vóspartireisyou (pl.) will leave
vocêspartirãoyou (pl.) will leave
eles/elaspartirãothey will leave

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 partidoI have left
tutens partidoyou have left
vocêtem partidoyou have left
ele/elatem partidohe/she/it has left
nóstemos partidowe have left
vóstendes partidoyou (pl.) have left
vocêstêm partidoyou (pl.) have left
eles/elastêm partidothey have left

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 partidoI had left
tutinhas partidoyou had left
vocêtinha partidoyou had left
ele/elatinha partidohe/she/it had left
nóstínhamos partidowe had left
vóstínheis partidoyou (pl.) had left
vocêstinham partidoyou (pl.) had left
eles/elastinham partidothey had left

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

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 partidoI will have left
tuterás partidoyou will have left
vocêterá partidoyou will have left
ele/elaterá partidohe/she/it will have left
nósteremos partidowe will have left
vóstereis partidoyou (pl.) will have left
vocêsterão partidoyou (pl.) will have left
eles/elasterão partidothey will have left

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
euparta
tupartas
vocêparta
ele/elaparta
nóspartamos
vóspartais
vocêspartam
eles/elaspartam

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
eupartisse
tupartisses
vocêpartisse
ele/elapartisse
nóspartíssemos
vóspartísseis
vocêspartissem
eles/elaspartissem

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
tuparte
vocêparta
ele/elaparta
nóspartamos
vósparti
vocêspartam
eles/elaspartam

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 partas
vocênão parta
ele/elanão parta
nósnão partamos
vósnão partais
vocêsnão partam
eles/elasnão partam