The Portuguese verb permanecer means "to remain". Below are its 7 tenses as tables, with the irregular forms marked, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of permanecer is eu permaneço, tu permaneces, ele/ela permanece, nós permanecemos, vós permaneceis, eles/elas permanecem. It counts as a regular -er verb, though 10 of its forms differ from the model pattern and are marked in the tables. The tables below cover 7 tenses, from the present to the imperative.
Forms in orange break the regular -er pattern.
| eu | permaneço (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | permaneces | |
| ele/ | permanece | |
| nós | permanecemos | |
| vós | permaneceis | |
| eles/ | permanecem |
| eu | permaneci |
|---|---|
| tu | permaneceste |
| ele/ | permaneceu |
| nós | permanecemos |
| vós | permanecestes |
| eles/ | permaneceram |
| eu | permanecia |
|---|---|
| tu | permanecias |
| ele/ | permanecia |
| nós | permanecíamos |
| vós | permanecíeis |
| eles/ | permaneciam |
| eu | permanecerei |
|---|---|
| tu | permanecerás |
| ele/ | permanecerá |
| nós | permaneceremos |
| vós | permanecereis |
| eles/ | permanecerão |
| eu | permaneceria |
|---|---|
| tu | permanecerias |
| ele/ | permaneceria |
| nós | permaneceríamos |
| vós | permaneceríeis |
| eles/ | permaneceriam |
| que eu | permaneça (irregular) |
|---|---|
| que tu | permaneças (irregular) |
| que ele/ | permaneça (irregular) |
| que nós | permaneçamos (irregular) |
| que vós | permaneçais (irregular) |
| que eles/ | permaneçam (irregular) |
| tu | permanece |
|---|---|
| você | permaneça (irregular) |
| nós | permaneçamos (irregular) |
| vós | permanecei |
| vocês | permaneçam (irregular) |
Permanecer is regular, with spelling changes only. The spelling changes appear in permaneço, the present subjunctive forms, and the você, nós, and vocês commands, where c becomes ç before a or o.
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Yes, permanecer is regular, with spelling changes only. It follows the regular comer model.
The spelling changes to keep the same sound before o and a. The table shows permaneço, permaneça, permaneçamos, permaneçais, and permaneçam.
The past participle is permanecido. The gerund is permanecendo.