pôr — Portuguese conjugation

to put

Frequency#13IrregularReflexivepôr-se — to put oneself

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
euponhoI put
tupõesyou put
vocêpõeyou put
ele/elapõehe/she/it puts
nóspomoswe put
vóspondesyou (pl.) put
vocêspõemyou (pl.) put
eles/elaspõemthey put

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
eupusI put
tupusesteyou put
vocêpôsyou put
ele/elapôshe/she/it put
nóspusemoswe put
vóspusestesyou (pl.) put
vocêspuseramyou (pl.) put
eles/elaspuseramthey put

Imperfect (Pretérito imperfeito) Irregular

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
eupunha
tupunhas
vocêpunha
ele/elapunha
nóspúnhamos
vóspúnheis
vocêspunham
eles/elaspunham

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
euporiaI would put
tuporiasyou would put
vocêporiayou would put
ele/elaporiahe/she/it would put
nósporíamoswe would put
vósporíeisyou (pl.) would put
vocêsporiamyou (pl.) would put
eles/elasporiamthey would put

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
euporeiI will put
tuporásyou will put
vocêporáyou will put
ele/elaporáhe/she/it will put
nósporemoswe will put
vósporeisyou (pl.) will put
vocêsporãoyou (pl.) will put
eles/elasporãothey will put

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 postoI have put
tutens postoyou have put
vocêtem postoyou have put
ele/elatem postohe/she/it has put
nóstemos postowe have put
vóstendes postoyou (pl.) have put
vocêstêm postoyou (pl.) have put
eles/elastêm postothey have put

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 postoI had put
tutinhas postoyou had put
vocêtinha postoyou had put
ele/elatinha postohe/she/it had put
nóstínhamos postowe had put
vóstínheis postoyou (pl.) had put
vocêstinham postoyou (pl.) had put
eles/elastinham postothey had put

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

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 postoI will have put
tuterás postoyou will have put
vocêterá postoyou will have put
ele/elaterá postohe/she/it will have put
nósteremos postowe will have put
vóstereis postoyou (pl.) will have put
vocêsterão postoyou (pl.) will have put
eles/elasterão postothey will have put

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
euponha
tuponhas
vocêponha
ele/elaponha
nósponhamos
vósponhais
vocêsponham
eles/elasponham

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
eupusesse
tupusesses
vocêpusesse
ele/elapusesse
nóspuséssemos
vóspusésseis
vocêspusessem
eles/elaspusessem

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
tupõe
vocêponha
ele/elaponha
nósponhamos
vósponde
vocêsponham
eles/elasponham

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 ponhas
vocênão ponha
ele/elanão ponha
nósnão ponhamos
vósnão ponhais
vocêsnão ponham
eles/elasnão ponham