retirar-se — Portuguese conjugation

to retreat

Frequency#1282Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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
euretiro-meI retreat
turetiras-teyou retreat
vocêretira-seyou retreat
ele/elaretira-sehe/she/it retreats
nósretiramo-noswe retreat
vósretirais-vosyou (pl.) retreat
vocêsretiram-seyou (pl.) retreat
eles/elasretiram-sethey retreat

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
euretirei-meI retreated
turetiraste-teyou retreated
vocêretirou-seyou retreated
ele/elaretirou-sehe/she/it retreated
nósretiramo-noswe retreated
vósretirastes-vosyou (pl.) retreated
vocêsretiraram-seyou (pl.) retreated
eles/elasretiraram-sethey retreated

Imperfect (Pretérito imperfeito) Irregular

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
euretirava-me
turetiravas-te
vocêretirava-se
ele/elaretirava-se
nósretirávamo-nos
vósretiráveis-vos
vocêsretiravam-se
eles/elasretiravam-se

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
euretirar-me-iaI would retreat
turetirar-te-iasyou would retreat
vocêretirar-se-iayou would retreat
ele/elaretirar-se-iahe/she/it would retreat
nósretirar-nos-íamoswe would retreat
vósretirar-vos-íeisyou (pl.) would retreat
vocêsretirar-se-iamyou (pl.) would retreat
eles/elasretirar-se-iamthey would retreat

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
euretirar-me-eiI will retreat
turetirar-te-ásyou will retreat
vocêretirar-se-áyou will retreat
ele/elaretirar-se-áhe/she/it will retreat
nósretirar-nos-emoswe will retreat
vósretirar-vos-eisyou (pl.) will retreat
vocêsretirar-se-ãoyou (pl.) will retreat
eles/elasretirar-se-ãothey will retreat

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 retiradoI have retreated
tutens retiradoyou have retreated
vocêtem retiradoyou have retreated
ele/elatem retiradohe/she/it has retreated
nóstemos retiradowe have retreated
vóstendes retiradoyou (pl.) have retreated
vocêstêm retiradoyou (pl.) have retreated
eles/elastêm retiradothey have retreated

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 retiradoI had retreated
tutinhas retiradoyou had retreated
vocêtinha retiradoyou had retreated
ele/elatinha retiradohe/she/it had retreated
nóstínhamos retiradowe had retreated
vóstínheis retiradoyou (pl.) had retreated
vocêstinham retiradoyou (pl.) had retreated
eles/elastinham retiradothey had retreated

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

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 retiradoI will have retreated
tuterás retiradoyou will have retreated
vocêterá retiradoyou will have retreated
ele/elaterá retiradohe/she/it will have retreated
nósteremos retiradowe will have retreated
vóstereis retiradoyou (pl.) will have retreated
vocêsterão retiradoyou (pl.) will have retreated
eles/elasterão retiradothey will have retreated

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
euretire-me
turetires-te
vocêretire-se
ele/elaretire-se
nósretiremo-nos
vósretireis-vos
vocêsretirem-se
eles/elasretirem-se

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
euretirasse-me
turetirasses-te
vocêretirasse-se
ele/elaretirasse-se
nósretirássemo-nos
vósretirásseis-vos
vocêsretirassem-se
eles/elasretirassem-se

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
turetira-te
vocêretire-se
ele/elaretire-se
nósretiremo-nos
vósretirai-vos
vocêsretirem-se
eles/elasretirem-se

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 te retires
vocênão se retire
ele/elanão se retire
nósnão nos retiremos
vósnão vos retireis
vocêsnão se retirem
eles/elasnão se retirem