pôr

See also: POR, por, pór, pör, pōr, pȯr, pōŗ, por., -por, and пор

Galician

Verb

pôr (first-person singular present ponho, first-person singular preterite pugem or pus, past participle posto, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of pór

Conjugation

    Reintegrated conjugation of pôr (irregular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / 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	pós, pões, pons1	pom, põe	pomos	pondes	ponhem, põem, póm1
Imperfect	punha	punhas	punha	púnhamos	púnhades, púnheis, púnhais1	punham
Preterite	pugem, pus	pugeste, puseste, pugeche1	pujo, pôs	pugemos, pusemos	pugestes, pusestes	pugérom, puseram
Pluperfect	pugera, pusera	pugeras, puseras	pugera, pusera	pugéramos, puséramos	pugérades, puséreis, pugérais1	pugeram, puseram
Future	porei	porás	porá	poremos	poredes, poreis	porám, porão
Conditional	poria	porias	poria	poríamos	poríades, poríeis, poríais1	poriam
Subjunctive
Present	ponha	ponhas	ponha	ponhamos	ponhades, ponhais	ponham
Imperfect	pugesse, pusesse	pugesses, pusesses	pugesse, pusesse	pugéssemos, puséssemos	pugéssedes, pusésseis	pugessem, pusessem
Future	puger, puser	pugeres, puseres	puger, puser	pugermos, pusermos	pugerdes, puserdes	pugerem, puserem
Imperative
Affirmative		pom, põe	ponha	ponhamos	ponde	ponham
Negative (nom)		nom ponhas	nom ponha	nom ponhamos	nom ponhades, nom ponhais	nom ponham

¹Less recommended.

References

• “pôr” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• por (obsolete, now a common misspelling)
• poer (obsolete)
• pòr (obsolete)
• ponhar (nonstandard, proscribed)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese põer (“to put”), from Latin pōnere, from Proto-Italic *pozinō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʁ/ [ˈpoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʁ/ [ˈpoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʁ/ [ˈpoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: pôr

Verb

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

2. (transitive) to put; to place

   Não me lembro onde pus as chaves.

   I don’t remember where I put the keys.

4. (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.

6. (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.

8. (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.

10. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to set (to go below the horizon)

    O sol está se pondo.

    The sun is setting.

12. (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.

14. (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.

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pôr (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	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)		não ponhas	não ponha	não ponhamos	não ponhais	não ponham

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pôr.

Synonyms

• (to put): colocar, botar (informal)
• (to go to): ir a
• (to lay an egg): botar
• (to wear): vestir, botar, colocar
• (to cause to be): deixar