presumir — Portuguese conjugation

to presume

Frequency#376Regular

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
eupresumoI presume
tupresumesyou presume
vocêpresumeyou presume
ele/elapresumehe/she/it presumes
nóspresumimoswe presume
vóspresumisyou (pl.) presume
vocêspresumemyou (pl.) presume
eles/elaspresumemthey presume

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
eupresumiI presumed
tupresumisteyou presumed
vocêpresumiuyou presumed
ele/elapresumiuhe/she/it presumed
nóspresumimoswe presumed
vóspresumistesyou (pl.) presumed
vocêspresumiramyou (pl.) presumed
eles/elaspresumiramthey presumed

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
eupresumia
tupresumias
vocêpresumia
ele/elapresumia
nóspresumíamos
vóspresumíeis
vocêspresumiam
eles/elaspresumiam

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
eupresumiriaI would presume
tupresumiriasyou would presume
vocêpresumiriayou would presume
ele/elapresumiriahe/she/it would presume
nóspresumiríamoswe would presume
vóspresumiríeisyou (pl.) would presume
vocêspresumiriamyou (pl.) would presume
eles/elaspresumiriamthey would presume

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
eupresumireiI will presume
tupresumirásyou will presume
vocêpresumiráyou will presume
ele/elapresumiráhe/she/it will presume
nóspresumiremoswe will presume
vóspresumireisyou (pl.) will presume
vocêspresumirãoyou (pl.) will presume
eles/elaspresumirãothey will presume

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 presumidoI have presumed
tutens presumidoyou have presumed
vocêtem presumidoyou have presumed
ele/elatem presumidohe/she/it has presumed
nóstemos presumidowe have presumed
vóstendes presumidoyou (pl.) have presumed
vocêstêm presumidoyou (pl.) have presumed
eles/elastêm presumidothey have presumed

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 presumidoI had presumed
tutinhas presumidoyou had presumed
vocêtinha presumidoyou had presumed
ele/elatinha presumidohe/she/it had presumed
nóstínhamos presumidowe had presumed
vóstínheis presumidoyou (pl.) had presumed
vocêstinham presumidoyou (pl.) had presumed
eles/elastinham presumidothey had presumed

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

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 presumidoI will have presumed
tuterás presumidoyou will have presumed
vocêterá presumidoyou will have presumed
ele/elaterá presumidohe/she/it will have presumed
nósteremos presumidowe will have presumed
vóstereis presumidoyou (pl.) will have presumed
vocêsterão presumidoyou (pl.) will have presumed
eles/elasterão presumidothey will have presumed

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
eupresuma
tupresumas
vocêpresuma
ele/elapresuma
nóspresumamos
vóspresumais
vocêspresumam
eles/elaspresumam

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
eupresumisse
tupresumisses
vocêpresumisse
ele/elapresumisse
nóspresumíssemos
vóspresumísseis
vocêspresumissem
eles/elaspresumissem

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
tupresume
vocêpresuma
ele/elapresuma
nóspresumamos
vóspresumi
vocêspresumam
eles/elaspresumam

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 presumas
vocênão presuma
ele/elanão presuma
nósnão presumamos
vósnão presumais
vocêsnão presumam
eles/elasnão presumam