roubar — Portuguese conjugation
to steal
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | roubo | I steal |
| tu | roubas | you steal |
| você | rouba | you steal |
| ele/ela | rouba | he/she/it steals |
| nós | roubamos | we steal |
| vós | roubais | you (pl.) steal |
| vocês | roubam | you (pl.) steal |
| eles/elas | roubam | they steal |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | roubei | I stole |
| tu | roubaste | you stole |
| você | roubou | you stole |
| ele/ela | roubou | he/she/it stole |
| nós | roubamos | we stole |
| vós | roubastes | you (pl.) stole |
| vocês | roubaram | you (pl.) stole |
| eles/elas | roubaram | they stole |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | roubava |
| tu | roubavas |
| você | roubava |
| ele/ela | roubava |
| nós | roubávamos |
| vós | roubáveis |
| vocês | roubavam |
| eles/elas | roubavam |
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?
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | roubaria | I would steal |
| tu | roubarias | you would steal |
| você | roubaria | you would steal |
| ele/ela | roubaria | he/she/it would steal |
| nós | roubaríamos | we would steal |
| vós | roubaríeis | you (pl.) would steal |
| vocês | roubariam | you (pl.) would steal |
| eles/elas | roubariam | they would steal |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | roubarei | I will steal |
| tu | roubarás | you will steal |
| você | roubará | you will steal |
| ele/ela | roubará | he/she/it will steal |
| nós | roubaremos | we will steal |
| vós | roubareis | you (pl.) will steal |
| vocês | roubarão | you (pl.) will steal |
| eles/elas | roubarão | they will steal |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tenho roubado | I have stolen |
| tu | tens roubado | you have stolen |
| você | tem roubado | you have stolen |
| ele/ela | tem roubado | he/she/it has stolen |
| nós | temos roubado | we have stolen |
| vós | tendes roubado | you (pl.) have stolen |
| vocês | têm roubado | you (pl.) have stolen |
| eles/elas | têm roubado | they have stolen |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tinha roubado | I had stolen |
| tu | tinhas roubado | you had stolen |
| você | tinha roubado | you had stolen |
| ele/ela | tinha roubado | he/she/it had stolen |
| nós | tínhamos roubado | we had stolen |
| vós | tínheis roubado | you (pl.) had stolen |
| vocês | tinham roubado | you (pl.) had stolen |
| eles/elas | tinham roubado | they had stolen |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | teria roubado |
| tu | terias roubado |
| você | teria roubado |
| ele/ela | teria roubado |
| nós | teríamos roubado |
| vós | teríeis roubado |
| vocês | teriam roubado |
| eles/elas | teriam roubado |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | terei roubado | I will have stolen |
| tu | terás roubado | you will have stolen |
| você | terá roubado | you will have stolen |
| ele/ela | terá roubado | he/she/it will have stolen |
| nós | teremos roubado | we will have stolen |
| vós | tereis roubado | you (pl.) will have stolen |
| vocês | terão roubado | you (pl.) will have stolen |
| eles/elas | terão roubado | they will have stolen |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | roube |
| tu | roubes |
| você | roube |
| ele/ela | roube |
| nós | roubemos |
| vós | roubeis |
| vocês | roubem |
| eles/elas | roubem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | roubasse |
| tu | roubasses |
| você | roubasse |
| ele/ela | roubasse |
| nós | roubássemos |
| vós | roubásseis |
| vocês | roubassem |
| eles/elas | roubassem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | rouba |
| você | roube |
| ele/ela | roube |
| nós | roubemos |
| vós | roubai |
| vocês | roubem |
| eles/elas | roubem |
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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tu | não roubes |
| você | não roube |
| ele/ela | não roube |
| nós | não roubemos |
| vós | não roubeis |
| vocês | não roubem |
| eles/elas | não roubem |