premir — Portuguese conjugation

to press; to compress

Frequency#1015Regular

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
euprimoI press
tupremesyou press
vocêpremeyou press
ele/elapremehe/she/it presses
nóspremimoswe press
vóspremisyou (pl.) press
vocêsprememyou (pl.) press
eles/elasprememthey press

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
eupremiI pressed
tupremisteyou pressed
vocêpremiuyou pressed
ele/elapremiuhe/she/it pressed
nóspremimoswe pressed
vóspremistesyou (pl.) pressed
vocêspremiramyou (pl.) pressed
eles/elaspremiramthey pressed

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
eupremia
tupremias
vocêpremia
ele/elapremia
nóspremíamos
vóspremíeis
vocêspremiam
eles/elaspremiam

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
eupremiriaI would press
tupremiriasyou would press
vocêpremiriayou would press
ele/elapremiriahe/she/it would press
nóspremiríamoswe would press
vóspremiríeisyou (pl.) would press
vocêspremiriamyou (pl.) would press
eles/elaspremiriamthey would press

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
eupremireiI will press
tupremirásyou will press
vocêpremiráyou will press
ele/elapremiráhe/she/it will press
nóspremiremoswe will press
vóspremireisyou (pl.) will press
vocêspremirãoyou (pl.) will press
eles/elaspremirãothey will press

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 premidoI have pressed
tutens premidoyou have pressed
vocêtem premidoyou have pressed
ele/elatem premidohe/she/it has pressed
nóstemos premidowe have pressed
vóstendes premidoyou (pl.) have pressed
vocêstêm premidoyou (pl.) have pressed
eles/elastêm premidothey have pressed

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 premidoI had pressed
tutinhas premidoyou had pressed
vocêtinha premidoyou had pressed
ele/elatinha premidohe/she/it had pressed
nóstínhamos premidowe had pressed
vóstínheis premidoyou (pl.) had pressed
vocêstinham premidoyou (pl.) had pressed
eles/elastinham premidothey had pressed

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

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 premidoI will have pressed
tuterás premidoyou will have pressed
vocêterá premidoyou will have pressed
ele/elaterá premidohe/she/it will have pressed
nósteremos premidowe will have pressed
vóstereis premidoyou (pl.) will have pressed
vocêsterão premidoyou (pl.) will have pressed
eles/elasterão premidothey will have pressed

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
euprima
tuprimas
vocêprima
ele/elaprima
nósprimamos
vósprimais
vocêsprimam
eles/elasprimam

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
eupremisse
tupremisses
vocêpremisse
ele/elapremisse
nóspremíssemos
vóspremísseis
vocêspremissem
eles/elaspremissem

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
tupreme
vocêprima
ele/elaprima
nósprimamos
vóspremi
vocêsprimam
eles/elasprimam

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 primas
vocênão prima
ele/elanão prima
nósnão primamos
vósnão primais
vocêsnão primam
eles/elasnão primam