publicar — Portuguese conjugation

to publish

Frequency#112Irregular

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
eupublicoI publish
tupublicasyou publish
vocêpublicayou publish
ele/elapublicahe/she/it publishes
nóspublicamoswe publish
vóspublicaisyou (pl.) publish
vocêspublicamyou (pl.) publish
eles/elaspublicamthey publish

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
eupubliqueiI published
tupublicasteyou published
vocêpublicouyou published
ele/elapublicouhe/she/it published
nóspublicamoswe published
vóspublicastesyou (pl.) published
vocêspublicaramyou (pl.) published
eles/elaspublicaramthey published

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
eupublicava
tupublicavas
vocêpublicava
ele/elapublicava
nóspublicávamos
vóspublicáveis
vocêspublicavam
eles/elaspublicavam

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
eupublicariaI would publish
tupublicariasyou would publish
vocêpublicariayou would publish
ele/elapublicariahe/she/it would publish
nóspublicaríamoswe would publish
vóspublicaríeisyou (pl.) would publish
vocêspublicariamyou (pl.) would publish
eles/elaspublicariamthey would publish

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
eupublicareiI will publish
tupublicarásyou will publish
vocêpublicaráyou will publish
ele/elapublicaráhe/she/it will publish
nóspublicaremoswe will publish
vóspublicareisyou (pl.) will publish
vocêspublicarãoyou (pl.) will publish
eles/elaspublicarãothey will publish

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 publicadoI have published
tutens publicadoyou have published
vocêtem publicadoyou have published
ele/elatem publicadohe/she/it has published
nóstemos publicadowe have published
vóstendes publicadoyou (pl.) have published
vocêstêm publicadoyou (pl.) have published
eles/elastêm publicadothey have published

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 publicadoI had published
tutinhas publicadoyou had published
vocêtinha publicadoyou had published
ele/elatinha publicadohe/she/it had published
nóstínhamos publicadowe had published
vóstínheis publicadoyou (pl.) had published
vocêstinham publicadoyou (pl.) had published
eles/elastinham publicadothey had published

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

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 publicadoI will have published
tuterás publicadoyou will have published
vocêterá publicadoyou will have published
ele/elaterá publicadohe/she/it will have published
nósteremos publicadowe will have published
vóstereis publicadoyou (pl.) will have published
vocêsterão publicadoyou (pl.) will have published
eles/elasterão publicadothey will have published

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
eupublique
tupubliques
vocêpublique
ele/elapublique
nóspubliquemos
vóspubliqueis
vocêspubliquem
eles/elaspubliquem

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
eupublicasse
tupublicasses
vocêpublicasse
ele/elapublicasse
nóspublicássemos
vóspublicásseis
vocêspublicassem
eles/elaspublicassem

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
tupublica
vocêpublique
ele/elapublique
nóspubliquemos
vóspublicai
vocêspubliquem
eles/elaspubliquem

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 publiques
vocênão publique
ele/elanão publique
nósnão publiquemos
vósnão publiqueis
vocêsnão publiquem
eles/elasnão publiquem