saltar — Portuguese conjugation

to jump

Frequency#771Regular

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
eusaltoI jump
tusaltasyou jump
vocêsaltayou jump
ele/elasaltahe/she/it jumps
nóssaltamoswe jump
vóssaltaisyou (pl.) jump
vocêssaltamyou (pl.) jump
eles/elassaltamthey jump

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
eusalteiI jumped
tusaltasteyou jumped
vocêsaltouyou jumped
ele/elasaltouhe/she/it jumped
nóssaltamoswe jumped
vóssaltastesyou (pl.) jumped
vocêssaltaramyou (pl.) jumped
eles/elassaltaramthey jumped

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
eusaltava
tusaltavas
vocêsaltava
ele/elasaltava
nóssaltávamos
vóssaltáveis
vocêssaltavam
eles/elassaltavam

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
eusaltariaI would jump
tusaltariasyou would jump
vocêsaltariayou would jump
ele/elasaltariahe/she/it would jump
nóssaltaríamoswe would jump
vóssaltaríeisyou (pl.) would jump
vocêssaltariamyou (pl.) would jump
eles/elassaltariamthey would jump

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
eusaltareiI will jump
tusaltarásyou will jump
vocêsaltaráyou will jump
ele/elasaltaráhe/she/it will jump
nóssaltaremoswe will jump
vóssaltareisyou (pl.) will jump
vocêssaltarãoyou (pl.) will jump
eles/elassaltarãothey will jump

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 saltadoI have jumped
tutens saltadoyou have jumped
vocêtem saltadoyou have jumped
ele/elatem saltadohe/she/it has jumped
nóstemos saltadowe have jumped
vóstendes saltadoyou (pl.) have jumped
vocêstêm saltadoyou (pl.) have jumped
eles/elastêm saltadothey have jumped

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 saltadoI had jumped
tutinhas saltadoyou had jumped
vocêtinha saltadoyou had jumped
ele/elatinha saltadohe/she/it had jumped
nóstínhamos saltadowe had jumped
vóstínheis saltadoyou (pl.) had jumped
vocêstinham saltadoyou (pl.) had jumped
eles/elastinham saltadothey had jumped

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

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 saltadoI will have jumped
tuterás saltadoyou will have jumped
vocêterá saltadoyou will have jumped
ele/elaterá saltadohe/she/it will have jumped
nósteremos saltadowe will have jumped
vóstereis saltadoyou (pl.) will have jumped
vocêsterão saltadoyou (pl.) will have jumped
eles/elasterão saltadothey will have jumped

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
eusalte
tusaltes
vocêsalte
ele/elasalte
nóssaltemos
vóssalteis
vocêssaltem
eles/elassaltem

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
eusaltasse
tusaltasses
vocêsaltasse
ele/elasaltasse
nóssaltássemos
vóssaltásseis
vocêssaltassem
eles/elassaltassem

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
tusalta
vocêsalte
ele/elasalte
nóssaltemos
vóssaltai
vocêssaltem
eles/elassaltem

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 saltes
vocênão salte
ele/elanão salte
nósnão saltemos
vósnão salteis
vocêsnão saltem
eles/elasnão saltem