puxar — Portuguese conjugation

to pull

Frequency#490Regular

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
eupuxoI pull
tupuxasyou pull
vocêpuxayou pull
ele/elapuxahe/she/it pulls
nóspuxamoswe pull
vóspuxaisyou (pl.) pull
vocêspuxamyou (pl.) pull
eles/elaspuxamthey pull

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
eupuxeiI pulled
tupuxasteyou pulled
vocêpuxouyou pulled
ele/elapuxouhe/she/it pulled
nóspuxamoswe pulled
vóspuxastesyou (pl.) pulled
vocêspuxaramyou (pl.) pulled
eles/elaspuxaramthey pulled

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
eupuxava
tupuxavas
vocêpuxava
ele/elapuxava
nóspuxávamos
vóspuxáveis
vocêspuxavam
eles/elaspuxavam

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
eupuxariaI would pull
tupuxariasyou would pull
vocêpuxariayou would pull
ele/elapuxariahe/she/it would pull
nóspuxaríamoswe would pull
vóspuxaríeisyou (pl.) would pull
vocêspuxariamyou (pl.) would pull
eles/elaspuxariamthey would pull

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
eupuxareiI will pull
tupuxarásyou will pull
vocêpuxaráyou will pull
ele/elapuxaráhe/she/it will pull
nóspuxaremoswe will pull
vóspuxareisyou (pl.) will pull
vocêspuxarãoyou (pl.) will pull
eles/elaspuxarãothey will pull

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 puxadoI have pulled
tutens puxadoyou have pulled
vocêtem puxadoyou have pulled
ele/elatem puxadohe/she/it has pulled
nóstemos puxadowe have pulled
vóstendes puxadoyou (pl.) have pulled
vocêstêm puxadoyou (pl.) have pulled
eles/elastêm puxadothey have pulled

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 puxadoI had pulled
tutinhas puxadoyou had pulled
vocêtinha puxadoyou had pulled
ele/elatinha puxadohe/she/it had pulled
nóstínhamos puxadowe had pulled
vóstínheis puxadoyou (pl.) had pulled
vocêstinham puxadoyou (pl.) had pulled
eles/elastinham puxadothey had pulled

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

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 puxadoI will have pulled
tuterás puxadoyou will have pulled
vocêterá puxadoyou will have pulled
ele/elaterá puxadohe/she/it will have pulled
nósteremos puxadowe will have pulled
vóstereis puxadoyou (pl.) will have pulled
vocêsterão puxadoyou (pl.) will have pulled
eles/elasterão puxadothey will have pulled

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
eupuxe
tupuxes
vocêpuxe
ele/elapuxe
nóspuxemos
vóspuxeis
vocêspuxem
eles/elaspuxem

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
eupuxasse
tupuxasses
vocêpuxasse
ele/elapuxasse
nóspuxássemos
vóspuxásseis
vocêspuxassem
eles/elaspuxassem

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
tupuxa
vocêpuxe
ele/elapuxe
nóspuxemos
vóspuxai
vocêspuxem
eles/elaspuxem

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 puxes
vocênão puxe
ele/elanão puxe
nósnão puxemos
vósnão puxeis
vocêsnão puxem
eles/elasnão puxem