ultrapassar — Portuguese conjugation

to surpass

Frequency#617Irregular

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
euultrapassoI surpass
tuultrapassasyou surpass
vocêultrapassayou surpass
ele/elaultrapassahe/she/it surpasses
nósultrapassamoswe surpass
vósultrapassaisyou (pl.) surpass
vocêsultrapassamyou (pl.) surpass
eles/elasultrapassamthey surpass

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
euultrapasseiI surpassed
tuultrapassasteyou surpassed
vocêultrapassouyou surpassed
ele/elaultrapassouhe/she/it surpassed
nósultrapassamoswe surpassed
vósultrapassastesyou (pl.) surpassed
vocêsultrapassaramyou (pl.) surpassed
eles/elasultrapassaramthey surpassed

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
euultrapassava
tuultrapassavas
vocêultrapassava
ele/elaultrapassava
nósultrapassávamos
vósultrapassáveis
vocêsultrapassavam
eles/elasultrapassavam

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
euultrapassariaI would surpass
tuultrapassariasyou would surpass
vocêultrapassariayou would surpass
ele/elaultrapassariahe/she/it would surpass
nósultrapassaríamoswe would surpass
vósultrapassaríeisyou (pl.) would surpass
vocêsultrapassariamyou (pl.) would surpass
eles/elasultrapassariamthey would surpass

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
euultrapassareiI will surpass
tuultrapassarásyou will surpass
vocêultrapassaráyou will surpass
ele/elaultrapassaráhe/she/it will surpass
nósultrapassaremoswe will surpass
vósultrapassareisyou (pl.) will surpass
vocêsultrapassarãoyou (pl.) will surpass
eles/elasultrapassarãothey will surpass

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 ultrapassadoI have surpassed
tutens ultrapassadoyou have surpassed
vocêtem ultrapassadoyou have surpassed
ele/elatem ultrapassadohe/she/it has surpassed
nóstemos ultrapassadowe have surpassed
vóstendes ultrapassadoyou (pl.) have surpassed
vocêstêm ultrapassadoyou (pl.) have surpassed
eles/elastêm ultrapassadothey have surpassed

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 ultrapassadoI had surpassed
tutinhas ultrapassadoyou had surpassed
vocêtinha ultrapassadoyou had surpassed
ele/elatinha ultrapassadohe/she/it had surpassed
nóstínhamos ultrapassadowe had surpassed
vóstínheis ultrapassadoyou (pl.) had surpassed
vocêstinham ultrapassadoyou (pl.) had surpassed
eles/elastinham ultrapassadothey had surpassed

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

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 ultrapassadoI will have surpassed
tuterás ultrapassadoyou will have surpassed
vocêterá ultrapassadoyou will have surpassed
ele/elaterá ultrapassadohe/she/it will have surpassed
nósteremos ultrapassadowe will have surpassed
vóstereis ultrapassadoyou (pl.) will have surpassed
vocêsterão ultrapassadoyou (pl.) will have surpassed
eles/elasterão ultrapassadothey will have surpassed

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
euultrapasse
tuultrapasses
vocêultrapasse
ele/elaultrapasse
nósultrapassemos
vósultrapasseis
vocêsultrapassem
eles/elasultrapassem

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
euultrapassasse
tuultrapassasses
vocêultrapassasse
ele/elaultrapassasse
nósultrapassássemos
vósultrapassásseis
vocêsultrapassassem
eles/elasultrapassassem

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
tuultrapassa
vocêultrapasse
ele/elaultrapasse
nósultrapassemos
vósultrapassai
vocêsultrapassem
eles/elasultrapassem

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 ultrapasses
vocênão ultrapasse
ele/elanão ultrapasse
nósnão ultrapassemos
vósnão ultrapasseis
vocêsnão ultrapassem
eles/elasnão ultrapassem