The Portuguese verb pôr means "to put". 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 pôr is eu ponho, tu pões, ele/ela põe, nós pomos, vós pondes, eles/elas põem. It is irregular: all 6 present forms break the regular -er pattern. The tables below cover 7 tenses, from the present to the imperative. Every present form and 4 example sentences have a listen button.
Forms in orange break the regular -er pattern.
| eu | ponho (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | pões (irregular) | |
| ele/ | põe (irregular) | |
| nós | pomos (irregular) | |
| vós | pondes (irregular) | |
| eles/ | põem (irregular) |
| eu | pus (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | puseste (irregular) |
| ele/ | pôs (irregular) |
| nós | pusemos (irregular) |
| vós | pusestes (irregular) |
| eles/ | puseram (irregular) |
| eu | punha (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | punhas (irregular) |
| ele/ | punha (irregular) |
| nós | púnhamos (irregular) |
| vós | púnheis (irregular) |
| eles/ | punham (irregular) |
| eu | porei (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | porás (irregular) |
| ele/ | porá (irregular) |
| nós | poremos (irregular) |
| vós | poreis (irregular) |
| eles/ | porão (irregular) |
| eu | poria (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | porias (irregular) |
| ele/ | poria (irregular) |
| nós | poríamos (irregular) |
| vós | poríeis (irregular) |
| eles/ | poriam (irregular) |
| que eu | ponha (irregular) |
|---|---|
| que tu | ponhas (irregular) |
| que ele/ | ponha (irregular) |
| que nós | ponhamos (irregular) |
| que vós | ponhais (irregular) |
| que eles/ | ponham (irregular) |
| tu | põe (irregular) |
|---|---|
| você | ponha (irregular) |
| nós | ponhamos (irregular) |
| vós | ponde (irregular) |
| vocês | ponham (irregular) |
Pôr is irregular. Its forms change across the table, including ponho, pus, punha, porei, poria, ponha, and the participle posto.
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Pôr is irregular. Its table includes forms such as ponho, pus, and posto.
The future forms are porei, porás, porá, poremos, poreis, and porão.
The gerund is pondo. The masculine singular past participle is posto.