suar — Portuguese conjugation

to sweat

Frequency#211Irregular

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
eusuoI sweat
tusuasyou sweat
vocêsuayou sweat
ele/elasuahe/she/it sweats
nóssuamoswe sweat
vóssuaisyou (pl.) sweat
vocêssuamyou (pl.) sweat
eles/elassuamthey sweat

Preterite (Pretérito perfeito simples) Irregular

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
eusueiI sweated
tusuasteyou sweated
vocêsuouyou sweated
ele/elasuouhe/she/it sweated
nóssuamoswe sweated
vóssuastesyou (pl.) sweated
vocêssuaramyou (pl.) sweated
eles/elassuaramthey sweated

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
eusuava
tusuavas
vocêsuava
ele/elasuava
nóssuávamos
vóssuáveis
vocêssuavam
eles/elassuavam

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
eusuariaI would sweat
tusuariasyou would sweat
vocêsuariayou would sweat
ele/elasuariahe/she/it would sweat
nóssuaríamoswe would sweat
vóssuaríeisyou (pl.) would sweat
vocêssuariamyou (pl.) would sweat
eles/elassuariamthey would sweat

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
eusuareiI will sweat
tusuarásyou will sweat
vocêsuaráyou will sweat
ele/elasuaráhe/she/it will sweat
nóssuaremoswe will sweat
vóssuareisyou (pl.) will sweat
vocêssuarãoyou (pl.) will sweat
eles/elassuarãothey will sweat

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 suadoI have sweated
tutens suadoyou have sweated
vocêtem suadoyou have sweated
ele/elatem suadohe/she/it has sweated
nóstemos suadowe have sweated
vóstendes suadoyou (pl.) have sweated
vocêstêm suadoyou (pl.) have sweated
eles/elastêm suadothey have sweated

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 suadoI had sweated
tutinhas suadoyou had sweated
vocêtinha suadoyou had sweated
ele/elatinha suadohe/she/it had sweated
nóstínhamos suadowe had sweated
vóstínheis suadoyou (pl.) had sweated
vocêstinham suadoyou (pl.) had sweated
eles/elastinham suadothey had sweated

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

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 suadoI will have sweated
tuterás suadoyou will have sweated
vocêterá suadoyou will have sweated
ele/elaterá suadohe/she/it will have sweated
nósteremos suadowe will have sweated
vóstereis suadoyou (pl.) will have sweated
vocêsterão suadoyou (pl.) will have sweated
eles/elasterão suadothey will have sweated

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
eusue
tusues
vocêsue
ele/elasue
nóssuemos
vóssueis
vocêssuem
eles/elassuem

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
eusuasse
tusuasses
vocêsuasse
ele/elasuasse
nóssuássemos
vóssuásseis
vocêssuassem
eles/elassuassem

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
tusua
vocêsue
ele/elasue
nóssuemos
vóssuai
vocêssuem
eles/elassuem

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 sues
vocênão sue
ele/elanão sue
nósnão suemos
vósnão sueis
vocêsnão suem
eles/elasnão suem