sacar — Portuguese conjugation

to pull out

Frequency#900Regular

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
eusacoI pull out
tusacasyou pull out
vocêsacayou pull out
ele/elasacahe/she/it pulls out
nóssacamoswe pull out
vóssacaisyou (pl.) pull out
vocêssacamyou (pl.) pull out
eles/elassacamthey pull out

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
eusaqueiI pulled out
tusacasteyou pulled out
vocêsacouyou pulled out
ele/elasacouhe/she/it pulled out
nóssacamoswe pulled out
vóssacastesyou (pl.) pulled out
vocêssacaramyou (pl.) pulled out
eles/elassacaramthey pulled out

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
eusacava
tusacavas
vocêsacava
ele/elasacava
nóssacávamos
vóssacáveis
vocêssacavam
eles/elassacavam

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
eusacariaI would pull out
tusacariasyou would pull out
vocêsacariayou would pull out
ele/elasacariahe/she/it would pull out
nóssacaríamoswe would pull out
vóssacaríeisyou (pl.) would pull out
vocêssacariamyou (pl.) would pull out
eles/elassacariamthey would pull out

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
eusacareiI will pull out
tusacarásyou will pull out
vocêsacaráyou will pull out
ele/elasacaráhe/she/it will pull out
nóssacaremoswe will pull out
vóssacareisyou (pl.) will pull out
vocêssacarãoyou (pl.) will pull out
eles/elassacarãothey will pull out

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 sacadoI have pulled out
tutens sacadoyou have pulled out
vocêtem sacadoyou have pulled out
ele/elatem sacadohe/she/it has pulled out
nóstemos sacadowe have pulled out
vóstendes sacadoyou (pl.) have pulled out
vocêstêm sacadoyou (pl.) have pulled out
eles/elastêm sacadothey have pulled out

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 sacadoI had pulled out
tutinhas sacadoyou had pulled out
vocêtinha sacadoyou had pulled out
ele/elatinha sacadohe/she/it had pulled out
nóstínhamos sacadowe had pulled out
vóstínheis sacadoyou (pl.) had pulled out
vocêstinham sacadoyou (pl.) had pulled out
eles/elastinham sacadothey had pulled out

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

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 sacadoI will have pulled out
tuterás sacadoyou will have pulled out
vocêterá sacadoyou will have pulled out
ele/elaterá sacadohe/she/it will have pulled out
nósteremos sacadowe will have pulled out
vóstereis sacadoyou (pl.) will have pulled out
vocêsterão sacadoyou (pl.) will have pulled out
eles/elasterão sacadothey will have pulled out

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
eusaque
tusaques
vocêsaque
ele/elasaque
nóssaquemos
vóssaqueis
vocêssaquem
eles/elassaquem

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
eusacasse
tusacasses
vocêsacasse
ele/elasacasse
nóssacássemos
vóssacásseis
vocêssacassem
eles/elassacassem

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
tusaca
vocêsaque
ele/elasaque
nóssaquemos
vóssacai
vocêssaquem
eles/elassaquem

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 saques
vocênão saque
ele/elanão saque
nósnão saquemos
vósnão saqueis
vocêsnão saquem
eles/elasnão saquem