transitar — Portuguese conjugation

to transit

Frequency#832Irregular

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
eutransitoI transit
tutransitasyou transit
vocêtransitayou transit
ele/elatransitahe/she/it transits
nóstransitamoswe transit
vóstransitaisyou (pl.) transit
vocêstransitamyou (pl.) transit
eles/elastransitamthey transit

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
eutransiteiI transited
tutransitasteyou transited
vocêtransitouyou transited
ele/elatransitouhe/she/it transited
nóstransitamoswe transited
vóstransitastesyou (pl.) transited
vocêstransitaramyou (pl.) transited
eles/elastransitaramthey transited

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
eutransitava
tutransitavas
vocêtransitava
ele/elatransitava
nóstransitávamos
vóstransitáveis
vocêstransitavam
eles/elastransitavam

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
eutransitariaI would transit
tutransitariasyou would transit
vocêtransitariayou would transit
ele/elatransitariahe/she/it would transit
nóstransitaríamoswe would transit
vóstransitaríeisyou (pl.) would transit
vocêstransitariamyou (pl.) would transit
eles/elastransitariamthey would transit

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
eutransitareiI will transit
tutransitarásyou will transit
vocêtransitaráyou will transit
ele/elatransitaráhe/she/it will transit
nóstransitaremoswe will transit
vóstransitareisyou (pl.) will transit
vocêstransitarãoyou (pl.) will transit
eles/elastransitarãothey will transit

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 transitadoI have transited
tutens transitadoyou have transited
vocêtem transitadoyou have transited
ele/elatem transitadohe/she/it has transited
nóstemos transitadowe have transited
vóstendes transitadoyou (pl.) have transited
vocêstêm transitadoyou (pl.) have transited
eles/elastêm transitadothey have transited

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 transitadoI had transited
tutinhas transitadoyou had transited
vocêtinha transitadoyou had transited
ele/elatinha transitadohe/she/it had transited
nóstínhamos transitadowe had transited
vóstínheis transitadoyou (pl.) had transited
vocêstinham transitadoyou (pl.) had transited
eles/elastinham transitadothey had transited

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

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 transitadoI will have transited
tuterás transitadoyou will have transited
vocêterá transitadoyou will have transited
ele/elaterá transitadohe/she/it will have transited
nósteremos transitadowe will have transited
vóstereis transitadoyou (pl.) will have transited
vocêsterão transitadoyou (pl.) will have transited
eles/elasterão transitadothey will have transited

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
eutransite
tutransites
vocêtransite
ele/elatransite
nóstransitemos
vóstransiteis
vocêstransitem
eles/elastransitem

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
eutransitasse
tutransitasses
vocêtransitasse
ele/elatransitasse
nóstransitássemos
vóstransitásseis
vocêstransitassem
eles/elastransitassem

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
tutransita
vocêtransite
ele/elatransite
nóstransitemos
vóstransitai
vocêstransitem
eles/elastransitem

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 transites
vocênão transite
ele/elanão transite
nósnão transitemos
vósnão transiteis
vocêsnão transitem
eles/elasnão transitem