pôr

See also: por

Portuguese

From Old Portuguese põer (“to put”), from Latin pōnere, present active infinitive of pōnō, from Proto-Italic *posnō.

pôr (first-person singular present indicative ponho, past participle posto)

(transitive) to put; to place
Não me lembro onde pus as chaves.
I don’t remember where I put the keys.
(takes a reflexive pronoun, copulative) to get (to position oneself into a given state)
Põe-te de pé antes que o general te veja.
Get up before the general sees you.
(takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with em or a or another positional preposition) to go to a given location
Ela pôs-se ao lado da lareira.
She went [and stood] next to the fireplace.
(transitive, intransitive) to lay (to produce and deposit an egg)
Comprei uma galinha mas ela não põe mais.
I bought a chicken but it doesn’t lay eggs anymore.
(takes a reflexive pronoun) to set (to go below the horizon)
O sol está se pondo.
The sun is setting.
(transitive) to put on; to wear (to start to use an item of clothing)
Pusemos blusas para não passarmos frio.
We put on blouses so we wouldn’t be cold.
(ditransitive, copulative for the second object) to make; to get (to cause to be in a given state)
Os insultos a puseram nervosa.
The insults made her nervous.

In Brazil, the conditional and the future indicative are not commonly used. The equivalent forms of synonyms (usually colocar) are used instead.

Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb pôr

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is an irregular verb of the -er group. Despite the infinite form ending in -or, this verb is considered as part of the -er group. All verbs derived from pôr are conjugated almost exactly like it. The only exceptions are some infinitive forms, which do not contain a circumflex (^). Verbs with this conjugation include: pôr.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pôr
Personal	pôr	pores	pôr	pormos	pordes	porem
Gerund
	pondo
Past participle
Masculine	posto			postos
Feminine	posta			postas
Indicative
Present	ponho	pões	põe	pomos	pondes	põem
Imperfect	punha	punhas	punha	púnhamos	púnheis	punham
Preterite	pus	puseste	pôs	pusemos	pusestes	puseram
Pluperfect	pusera	puseras	pusera	puséramos	puséreis	puseram
Future	porei	porás	porá	poremos	poreis	porão
Conditional
	poria	porias	poria	poríamos	poríeis	poriam
Subjunctive
Present	ponha	ponhas	ponha	ponhamos	ponhais	ponham
Imperfect	pusesse	pusesses	pusesse	puséssemos	pusésseis	pusessem
Future	puser	puseres	puser	pusermos	puserdes	puserem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	põe	ponha	ponhamos	ponde	ponham
Negative (não)	-	ponhas	ponha	ponhamos	ponhais	ponham

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pôr.