pular — Portuguese conjugation

to jump, to propel oneself upward

Frequency#891Regular

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
eupuloI jump
tupulasyou jump
vocêpulayou jump
ele/elapulahe/she/it jumps
nóspulamoswe jump
vóspulaisyou (pl.) jump
vocêspulamyou (pl.) jump
eles/elaspulamthey jump

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
eupuleiI jumped
tupulasteyou jumped
vocêpulouyou jumped
ele/elapulouhe/she/it jumped
nóspulamoswe jumped
vóspulastesyou (pl.) jumped
vocêspularamyou (pl.) jumped
eles/elaspularamthey jumped

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
eupulava
tupulavas
vocêpulava
ele/elapulava
nóspulávamos
vóspuláveis
vocêspulavam
eles/elaspulavam

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
eupulariaI would jump
tupulariasyou would jump
vocêpulariayou would jump
ele/elapulariahe/she/it would jump
nóspularíamoswe would jump
vóspularíeisyou (pl.) would jump
vocêspulariamyou (pl.) would jump
eles/elaspulariamthey would jump

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
eupulareiI will jump
tupularásyou will jump
vocêpularáyou will jump
ele/elapularáhe/she/it will jump
nóspularemoswe will jump
vóspulareisyou (pl.) will jump
vocêspularãoyou (pl.) will jump
eles/elaspularãothey will jump

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 puladoI have jumped
tutens puladoyou have jumped
vocêtem puladoyou have jumped
ele/elatem puladohe/she/it has jumped
nóstemos puladowe have jumped
vóstendes puladoyou (pl.) have jumped
vocêstêm puladoyou (pl.) have jumped
eles/elastêm puladothey have jumped

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 puladoI had jumped
tutinhas puladoyou had jumped
vocêtinha puladoyou had jumped
ele/elatinha puladohe/she/it had jumped
nóstínhamos puladowe had jumped
vóstínheis puladoyou (pl.) had jumped
vocêstinham puladoyou (pl.) had jumped
eles/elastinham puladothey had jumped

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

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 puladoI will have jumped
tuterás puladoyou will have jumped
vocêterá puladoyou will have jumped
ele/elaterá puladohe/she/it will have jumped
nósteremos puladowe will have jumped
vóstereis puladoyou (pl.) will have jumped
vocêsterão puladoyou (pl.) will have jumped
eles/elasterão puladothey will have jumped

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
eupule
tupules
vocêpule
ele/elapule
nóspulemos
vóspuleis
vocêspulem
eles/elaspulem

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
eupulasse
tupulasses
vocêpulasse
ele/elapulasse
nóspulássemos
vóspulásseis
vocêspulassem
eles/elaspulassem

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
tupula
vocêpule
ele/elapule
nóspulemos
vóspulai
vocêspulem
eles/elaspulem

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 pules
vocênão pule
ele/elanão pule
nósnão pulemos
vósnão puleis
vocêsnão pulem
eles/elasnão pulem