Morar Conjugation in Portuguese
morar means “to live” in English, and it is one of the first verbs Portuguese learners meet — it sits at number 484 in VerbFlow’s frequency list for Portuguese verbs. It means to live somewhere and to reside, and it is completely regular: moro, moras, mora, moramos, morais, moram. Its pretérito perfeito is morei, moraste, morou, and its participle is morado. Do not confuse it with viver, which means to live in the sense of being alive. This page gives you the complete conjugation of morar — every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle — with notes, examples, common mistakes and a quiz. Here is the verb in a natural sentence: “Eu moro em Lisboa todos os dias.” — “I live in Lisbon.”
Quick facts
- Infinitive: morar
- English: to live
- Verb type: Regular -ar verb
- Irregular in: none — regular in every tense
- Gerund: morando
- Present participle: —
- Past participle: morado
- Auxiliary: ter (all perfect tenses are formed with ter + the past participle)
- Ending: -ar verbs; pattern ar in the verified tables
Pronunciation
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for morar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Learn the spelling of the forms first, and listen to a native speaker for the sounds rather than trusting an invented transcription. The forms below are the ones that matter: once you can read morar in every tense, you can recognise it in speech even before you can pronounce every form perfectly.
Three things to remember about morar
- It is regular: every form follows the ordinary -ar pattern, so once you know the stem you can build the whole table. The only work is learning the endings, not memorising exceptions.
- The perfect tenses use ter: the pretérito perfeito composto is formed with ter in the present plus the past participle morado. The tables on this page give the participle in the masculine singular form, exactly as it appears in the verified dump; agreement with the subject is a separate step that depends on the sentence, not on the verb table.
- The gerund is morando and the past participle is morado: keep both in mind as you read the tables, because the gerund appears in progressive constructions and the past participle appears in every perfect tense. There is no present participle form listed for this verb in the verified tables. If you know those two forms and the present tense, you already know the skeleton of the whole conjugation.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from VerbFlow’s verified conjugation tables for morar. Learn the present tense first, then the pretérito perfeito and the pretérito imperfeito, and add the remaining tenses one at a time.
Present indicative (presente)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | moro |
| tu | moras |
| ele/ela | mora |
| nós | moramos |
| vós | morais |
| eles/elas | moram |
The present indicative (presente) is used for habits, facts and things happening now. For example: “Eu moro em Lisboa todos os dias.” — “I live in Lisbon”
Pretérito perfeito
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | morei |
| tu | moraste |
| ele/ela | morou |
| nós | morámos |
| vós | morastes |
| eles/elas | moraram |
The pretérito perfeito is used for completed actions in the past, especially one finished event. For example: “Eu morei em Lisboa ontem.” — “I lived in Lisbon”
Pretérito imperfeito
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | morava |
| tu | moravas |
| ele/ela | morava |
| nós | morávamos |
| vós | moráveis |
| eles/elas | moravam |
The pretérito imperfeito is used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past, and for background description. For example: “Eu morava em Lisboa antigamente.” — “I used to live in Lisbon”
Pretérito mais-que-perfeito simples
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | morara |
| tu | moraras |
| ele/ela | morara |
| nós | moráramos |
| vós | moráreis |
| eles/elas | moraram |
The pretérito mais-que-perfeito simples is used for an action completed before another past action; in everyday speech the compound form with tinha is more common. For example: “Eu morara em Lisboa antes do jantar.” — “I had lived in Lisbon”
Futuro do presente
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | morarei |
| tu | morarás |
| ele/ela | morará |
| nós | moraremos |
| vós | morareis |
| eles/elas | morarão |
The futuro do presente is used for what will happen, for predictions and for promises. For example: “Eu morarei em Lisboa amanhã.” — “I will live in Lisbon”
Futuro do pretérito
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | moraria |
| tu | morarias |
| ele/ela | moraria |
| nós | moraríamos |
| vós | moraríeis |
| eles/elas | morariam |
The futuro do pretérito is used for what would happen, for polite requests and for hypothetical situations. For example: “Eu moraria em Lisboa um dia.” — “I would live in Lisbon”
Pretérito perfeito composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tenho morado |
| tu | tens morado |
| ele/ela | tem morado |
| nós | temos morado |
| vós | tendes morado |
| eles/elas | têm morado |
The pretérito perfeito composto is used for actions that started in the past and continue, or have been repeated, up to the present. For example: “Ele tem morado em Lisboa esta semana.” — “He has lived in Lisbon”
Pretérito mais-que-perfeito composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tinha morado |
| tu | tinhas morado |
| ele/ela | tinha morado |
| nós | tínhamos morado |
| vós | tínheis morado |
| eles/elas | tinham morado |
The pretérito mais-que-perfeito composto is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “Eu tinha morado em Lisboa antes do jantar.” — “I had lived in Lisbon”
Futuro do presente composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | terei morado |
| tu | terás morado |
| ele/ela | terá morado |
| nós | teremos morado |
| vós | tereis morado |
| eles/elas | terão morado |
The futuro do presente composto is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “Eu terei morado em Lisboa até amanhã.” — “I will have lived in Lisbon”
Futuro do pretérito composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | teria morado |
| tu | terias morado |
| ele/ela | teria morado |
| nós | teríamos morado |
| vós | teríeis morado |
| eles/elas | teriam morado |
The futuro do pretérito composto is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “Eu teria morado em Lisboa ontem.” — “I would have lived in Lisbon”
Presente do subjuntivo
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | more |
| tu | mores |
| ele/ela | more |
| nós | moremos |
| vós | moreis |
| eles/elas | morem |
The presente do subjuntivo is used for wishes, doubts, emotions and opinions after que. For example: “É importante que eu more em Lisboa.” — “It is important that I live in Lisbon”
Pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | morasse |
| tu | morasses |
| ele/ela | morasse |
| nós | morássemos |
| vós | morásseis |
| eles/elas | morassem |
The pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo is used in the past for wishes and hypotheticals after que, and in se-clauses. For example: “Era importante que eu morasse em Lisboa.” — “It was important that I live in Lisbon”
Futuro do subjuntivo
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | morar |
| tu | morares |
| ele/ela | morar |
| nós | morarmos |
| vós | morardes |
| eles/elas | morarem |
The futuro do subjuntivo is used after se and quando for a future possibility, where English would use the present. For example: “Se eu morar em Lisboa, é bom.” — “If I live in Lisbon, that is good”
Imperativo (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | mora |
| ele/ela | more |
| nós | moremos |
| vós | morai |
| eles/elas | morem |
The affirmative imperative is used for direct commands and instructions. For example: “Mora em Lisboa!” — “Live in Lisbon!”
Imperativo (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | não mores |
| ele/ela | não more |
| nós | não moremos |
| vós | não moreis |
| eles/elas | não morem |
The negative imperative is used for prohibitions and negative commands. For example: “Não mores em Lisboa.” — “Do not live in Lisbon.”
Presente do subjuntivo composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tenha morado |
| tu | tenhas morado |
| ele/ela | tenha morado |
| nós | tenhamos morado |
| vós | tenhais morado |
| eles/elas | tenham morado |
The presente do subjuntivo composto is used for a completed action in a subordinate clause expressing doubt, wish or emotion. For example: “É importante que eu tenha morado em Lisboa.” — “It is important that I have lived in Lisbon”
Pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tivesse morado |
| tu | tivesses morado |
| ele/ela | tivesse morado |
| nós | tivéssemos morado |
| vós | tivésseis morado |
| eles/elas | tivessem morado |
The pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo composto is used for a completed action in a past subordinate clause. For example: “Era importante que eu tivesse morado em Lisboa.” — “It was important that I had lived in Lisbon”
Futuro do subjuntivo composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tiver morado |
| tu | tiveres morado |
| ele/ela | tiver morado |
| nós | tivermos morado |
| vós | tiverdes morado |
| eles/elas | tiverem morado |
The futuro do subjuntivo composto is used after se for a completed future possibility. For example: “Se eu tiver morado em Lisboa, é bom.” — “If I have lived in Lisbon, that is good”
Gerund
| Form | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| Gerund | morando |
The gerund is used for an action happening at the same time as another action, often with estar for the progressive. For example: “Morando em Lisboa, aprendo muito.” — “While living in Lisbon, I learn a lot.”
Past participle
| Form | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| Past participle | morado |
The past participle is used with an auxiliary to form the perfect tenses, and as an adjective. For example: “Eu tenho morado em Lisboa esta semana.” — “I have lived in Lisbon.”
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with morar, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the Portuguese and try to produce it from the English.
- “Eu moro em Lisboa todos os dias.” — “I live in Lisbon”
- “Tu moraste em Lisboa ontem.” — “You lived in Lisbon”
- “Ele morava em Lisboa antigamente.” — “He used to live in Lisbon”
- “Eu morarei em Lisboa amanhã.” — “I will live in Lisbon”
- “Tu morarias em Lisboa um dia.” — “You would live in Lisbon”
- “Ele tem morado em Lisboa esta semana.” — “He has lived in Lisbon”
- “Eu tinha morado em Lisboa antes do jantar.” — “I had lived in Lisbon”
- “Tu terás morado em Lisboa até amanhã.” — “You will have lived in Lisbon”
- “É importante que eu more em Lisboa.” — “It is important that I live in Lisbon”
- “Mora em Lisboa!” — “Live in Lisbon!”
Common mistakes
1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form
✗ Wrong: “Eu morar em Lisboa.”
✓ Right: “Eu moro em Lisboa todos os dias.”
The infinitive morar never takes a subject. After eu you need the conjugated present form moro.
2. Using the wrong person’s form
✗ Wrong: “Eu moras em Lisboa.”
✓ Right: “Eu moro em Lisboa todos os dias.”
moras is the tu form, not the eu form. Match the verb to the subject every time: eu goes with moro.
3. Using the present for a finished past action
✗ Wrong: “Eu moro em Lisboa ontem.”
✓ Right: “Eu morei em Lisboa ontem.”
Ontem points to the past, so the present is wrong here. Use the pretérito perfeito morei for a finished action yesterday.
4. Using the wrong auxiliary in the pretérito perfeito composto
✗ Wrong: “Eu sou morado em Lisboa.”
✓ Right: “Eu tenho morado em Lisboa esta semana.”
The pretérito perfeito composto of morar is formed with ter plus the past participle morado: the eu form is tenho morado. Check the auxiliary in the table above before you build a perfect tense.
5. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger
✗ Wrong: “É importante que eu moro em Lisboa.”
✓ Right: “É importante que eu more em Lisboa.”
After é importante que Portuguese needs the subjunctive, so use more here, not the indicative moro.
6. Using the gerund instead of the past participle in a perfect tense
✗ Wrong: “Eu tenho morando em Lisboa.”
✓ Right: “Eu tenho morado em Lisboa esta semana.”
The perfect tenses need the past participle morado, not the gerund morando. The gerund belongs in progressive constructions, never after an auxiliary in a perfect tense.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on morar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
What is the eu form of morar in the Present indicative (presente)?
- A) moras
- B) moro
- C) mora
- D) moramos
What is the ele/ela form of morar in the Pretérito perfeito?
- A) morei
- B) moraste
- C) morou
- D) morámos
What is the nós form of morar in the Pretérito imperfeito?
- A) morava
- B) moravas
- C) moráveis
- D) morávamos
What is the tu form of morar in the Futuro do presente?
- A) morarás
- B) morarei
- C) morará
- D) moraremos
What is the eu form of morar in the Futuro do pretérito?
- A) morarias
- B) moraria
- C) moraríamos
- D) moraríeis
What is the ele/ela form of morar in the Pretérito perfeito composto?
- A) tenho morado
- B) tens morado
- C) tem morado
- D) temos morado
What is the ele/ela form of morar in the Presente do subjuntivo?
- A) mores
- B) moremos
- C) moreis
- D) more
What is the eu form of morar in the Pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo?
- A) morasse
- B) morasses
- C) morássemos
- D) morásseis
What is the gerund of morar?
- A) morado
- B) morando
- C) morar
- D) moro
What does morar mean in English?
- A) to ask for
- B) to receive
- C) to live
- D) to pay
Answer key
- B) moro — the correct form is moro. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) morou — the correct form is morou. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) morávamos — the correct form is morávamos. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) morarás — the correct form is morarás. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) moraria — the correct form is moraria. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) tem morado — the correct form is tem morado. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) more — the correct form is more. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) morasse — the correct form is morasse. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) morando — the correct form is morando. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) to live — the correct form is to live. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
Frequently asked questions
What does morar mean in English?
morar means “to live”. It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.
Is morar regular or irregular?
morar is regular: it follows the ordinary -ar pattern in every tense. The gerund is morando and the past participle is morado.
What are the gerund and past participle of morar?
The gerund is morando — use it with estar for the progressive. The past participle is morado — use it with ter for the perfect tenses, as in tenho morado.
Which auxiliary does morar take in the pretérito perfeito composto?
morar takes ter in the pretérito perfeito composto: the eu form is tenho morado. All seven compound tenses on this page are built with ter plus the past participle morado.
How do I say “I live” in Portuguese?
Say “Eu moro em Lisboa todos os dias.” — “I live in Lisbon” The eu form of the present is moro, and it is the form you will use most often.
Related pages
- Full conjugation of morar — every tense of morar in one place.
- Morar in the present tense — the full table and usage rules for one tense.
- Morar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice questions for this verb.
- Portuguese present tense guide — the full guide to the present tense in Portuguese.
- Pagar conjugation — another everyday Portuguese verb.
- Comprar conjugation — another everyday Portuguese verb.
- Portuguese verbs — the full hub of Portuguese conjugation pages.
- VerbFlow home — all languages, tools and verb lists.
- Verb Conjugator — practise morar with the interactive tool.
- Conjugation Chart Printer — practise morar with the interactive tool.
- Tense Finder — practise morar with the interactive tool.