sarar — Portuguese conjugation

to heal; to heal up

Frequency#1211RegularReflexivesarar-se — to heal oneself

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
eusaroI heal
tusarasyou heal
vocêsarayou heal
ele/elasarahe/she/it heals
nóssaramoswe heal
vóssaraisyou (pl.) heal
vocêssaramyou (pl.) heal
eles/elassaramthey heal

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
eusareiI healed
tusarasteyou healed
vocêsarouyou healed
ele/elasarouhe/she/it healed
nóssaramoswe healed
vóssarastesyou (pl.) healed
vocêssararamyou (pl.) healed
eles/elassararamthey healed

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
eusarava
tusaravas
vocêsarava
ele/elasarava
nóssarávamos
vóssaráveis
vocêssaravam
eles/elassaravam

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
eusarariaI would heal
tusarariasyou would heal
vocêsarariayou would heal
ele/elasarariahe/she/it would heal
nóssararíamoswe would heal
vóssararíeisyou (pl.) would heal
vocêssarariamyou (pl.) would heal
eles/elassarariamthey would heal

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
eusarareiI will heal
tusararásyou will heal
vocêsararáyou will heal
ele/elasararáhe/she/it will heal
nóssararemoswe will heal
vóssarareisyou (pl.) will heal
vocêssararãoyou (pl.) will heal
eles/elassararãothey will heal

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 saradoI have healed
tutens saradoyou have healed
vocêtem saradoyou have healed
ele/elatem saradohe/she/it has healed
nóstemos saradowe have healed
vóstendes saradoyou (pl.) have healed
vocêstêm saradoyou (pl.) have healed
eles/elastêm saradothey have healed

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 saradoI had healed
tutinhas saradoyou had healed
vocêtinha saradoyou had healed
ele/elatinha saradohe/she/it had healed
nóstínhamos saradowe had healed
vóstínheis saradoyou (pl.) had healed
vocêstinham saradoyou (pl.) had healed
eles/elastinham saradothey had healed

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

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 saradoI will have healed
tuterás saradoyou will have healed
vocêterá saradoyou will have healed
ele/elaterá saradohe/she/it will have healed
nósteremos saradowe will have healed
vóstereis saradoyou (pl.) will have healed
vocêsterão saradoyou (pl.) will have healed
eles/elasterão saradothey will have healed

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
eusare
tusares
vocêsare
ele/elasare
nóssaremos
vóssareis
vocêssarem
eles/elassarem

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
eusarasse
tusarasses
vocêsarasse
ele/elasarasse
nóssarássemos
vóssarásseis
vocêssarassem
eles/elassarassem

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
tusara
vocêsare
ele/elasare
nóssaremos
vóssarai
vocêssarem
eles/elassarem

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 sares
vocênão sare
ele/elanão sare
nósnão saremos
vósnão sareis
vocêsnão sarem
eles/elasnão sarem