rasgar — Portuguese conjugation

to tear

Frequency#417Irregular

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
eurasgoI tear
turasgasyou tear
vocêrasgayou tear
ele/elarasgahe/she/it tears
nósrasgamoswe tear
vósrasgaisyou (pl.) tear
vocêsrasgamyou (pl.) tear
eles/elasrasgamthey tear

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
eurasgueiI tore
turasgasteyou tore
vocêrasgouyou tore
ele/elarasgouhe/she/it tore
nósrasgamoswe tore
vósrasgastesyou (pl.) tore
vocêsrasgaramyou (pl.) tore
eles/elasrasgaramthey tore

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
eurasgava
turasgavas
vocêrasgava
ele/elarasgava
nósrasgávamos
vósrasgáveis
vocêsrasgavam
eles/elasrasgavam

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
eurasgariaI would tear
turasgariasyou would tear
vocêrasgariayou would tear
ele/elarasgariahe/she/it would tear
nósrasgaríamoswe would tear
vósrasgaríeisyou (pl.) would tear
vocêsrasgariamyou (pl.) would tear
eles/elasrasgariamthey would tear

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
eurasgareiI will tear
turasgarásyou will tear
vocêrasgaráyou will tear
ele/elarasgaráhe/she/it will tear
nósrasgaremoswe will tear
vósrasgareisyou (pl.) will tear
vocêsrasgarãoyou (pl.) will tear
eles/elasrasgarãothey will tear

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 rasgadoI have torn
tutens rasgadoyou have torn
vocêtem rasgadoyou have torn
ele/elatem rasgadohe/she/it has torn
nóstemos rasgadowe have torn
vóstendes rasgadoyou (pl.) have torn
vocêstêm rasgadoyou (pl.) have torn
eles/elastêm rasgadothey have torn

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 rasgadoI had torn
tutinhas rasgadoyou had torn
vocêtinha rasgadoyou had torn
ele/elatinha rasgadohe/she/it had torn
nóstínhamos rasgadowe had torn
vóstínheis rasgadoyou (pl.) had torn
vocêstinham rasgadoyou (pl.) had torn
eles/elastinham rasgadothey had torn

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

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 rasgadoI will have torn
tuterás rasgadoyou will have torn
vocêterá rasgadoyou will have torn
ele/elaterá rasgadohe/she/it will have torn
nósteremos rasgadowe will have torn
vóstereis rasgadoyou (pl.) will have torn
vocêsterão rasgadoyou (pl.) will have torn
eles/elasterão rasgadothey will have torn

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
eurasgue
turasgues
vocêrasgue
ele/elarasgue
nósrasguemos
vósrasgueis
vocêsrasguem
eles/elasrasguem

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
eurasgasse
turasgasses
vocêrasgasse
ele/elarasgasse
nósrasgássemos
vósrasgásseis
vocêsrasgassem
eles/elasrasgassem

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
turasga
vocêrasgue
ele/elarasgue
nósrasguemos
vósrasgai
vocêsrasguem
eles/elasrasguem

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 rasgues
vocênão rasgue
ele/elanão rasgue
nósnão rasguemos
vósnão rasgueis
vocêsnão rasguem
eles/elasnão rasguem