safar — Portuguese conjugation
to pull out, to save
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 | safo | I pull out |
| tu | safas | you pull out |
| você | safa | you pull out |
| ele/ela | safa | he/she/it pulls out |
| nós | safamos | we pull out |
| vós | safais | you (pl.) pull out |
| vocês | safam | you (pl.) pull out |
| eles/elas | safam | they 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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | safei | I pulled out |
| tu | safaste | you pulled out |
| você | safou | you pulled out |
| ele/ela | safou | he/she/it pulled out |
| nós | safamos | we pulled out |
| vós | safastes | you (pl.) pulled out |
| vocês | safaram | you (pl.) pulled out |
| eles/elas | safaram | they 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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | safava |
| tu | safavas |
| você | safava |
| ele/ela | safava |
| nós | safávamos |
| vós | safáveis |
| vocês | safavam |
| eles/elas | safavam |
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 | safaria | I would pull out |
| tu | safarias | you would pull out |
| você | safaria | you would pull out |
| ele/ela | safaria | he/she/it would pull out |
| nós | safaríamos | we would pull out |
| vós | safaríeis | you (pl.) would pull out |
| vocês | safariam | you (pl.) would pull out |
| eles/elas | safariam | they 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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | safarei | I will pull out |
| tu | safarás | you will pull out |
| você | safará | you will pull out |
| ele/ela | safará | he/she/it will pull out |
| nós | safaremos | we will pull out |
| vós | safareis | you (pl.) will pull out |
| vocês | safarão | you (pl.) will pull out |
| eles/elas | safarão | they 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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tenho safado | I have pulled out |
| tu | tens safado | you have pulled out |
| você | tem safado | you have pulled out |
| ele/ela | tem safado | he/she/it has pulled out |
| nós | temos safado | we have pulled out |
| vós | tendes safado | you (pl.) have pulled out |
| vocês | têm safado | you (pl.) have pulled out |
| eles/elas | têm safado | they 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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| eu | tinha safado | I had pulled out |
| tu | tinhas safado | you had pulled out |
| você | tinha safado | you had pulled out |
| ele/ela | tinha safado | he/she/it had pulled out |
| nós | tínhamos safado | we had pulled out |
| vós | tínheis safado | you (pl.) had pulled out |
| vocês | tinham safado | you (pl.) had pulled out |
| eles/elas | tinham safado | they 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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | teria safado |
| tu | terias safado |
| você | teria safado |
| ele/ela | teria safado |
| nós | teríamos safado |
| vós | teríeis safado |
| vocês | teriam safado |
| eles/elas | teriam safado |
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 safado | I will have pulled out |
| tu | terás safado | you will have pulled out |
| você | terá safado | you will have pulled out |
| ele/ela | terá safado | he/she/it will have pulled out |
| nós | teremos safado | we will have pulled out |
| vós | tereis safado | you (pl.) will have pulled out |
| vocês | terão safado | you (pl.) will have pulled out |
| eles/elas | terão safado | they 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.
| Pronoun | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| eu | safe |
| tu | safes |
| você | safe |
| ele/ela | safe |
| nós | safemos |
| vós | safeis |
| vocês | safem |
| eles/elas | safem |
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 | safasse |
| tu | safasses |
| você | safasse |
| ele/ela | safasse |
| nós | safássemos |
| vós | safásseis |
| vocês | safassem |
| eles/elas | safassem |
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 | safa |
| você | safe |
| ele/ela | safe |
| nós | safemos |
| vós | safai |
| vocês | safem |
| eles/elas | safem |
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 safes |
| você | não safe |
| ele/ela | não safe |
| nós | não safemos |
| vós | não safeis |
| vocês | não safem |
| eles/elas | não safem |