Conjugation of emportar in Catalan
emportarto take away, to carry offirregular
Present
Actions happening now or habitually.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | emporto | |
| tu | emportes | |
| ell/ella/vostè | emporta | |
| nosaltres | emportem | |
| vosaltres | emporteu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | emporten |
Common mistakes in the Present
- tu
emportes-teemportesThis verb is pronominal in meaning, but the correct spelling in the present is without an extra enclitic pronoun: emportes.
Passat simplesimple past
Completed actions in the past.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | emportí | |
| tu | emportares | |
| ell/ella/vostè | emportà | |
| nosaltres | emportàrem | |
| vosaltres | emportàreu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | emportaren |
Imperfetimperfect
Ongoing or habitual actions in the past.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | emportava | |
| tu | emportaves | |
| ell/ella/vostè | emportava | |
| nosaltres | emportàvem | |
| vosaltres | emportàveu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | emportaven |
Futur simplefuture
Actions that will happen.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | emportaré | |
| tu | emportaràs | |
| ell/ella/vostè | emportarà | |
| nosaltres | emportarem | |
| vosaltres | emportareu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | emportaran |
Condicionalconditional
Actions that would happen under some condition.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | emportaria | |
| tu | emportaries | |
| ell/ella/vostè | emportaria | |
| nosaltres | emportaríem | |
| vosaltres | emportaríeu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | emportarien |
Subjuntiu presentpresent subjunctive
Wishes, doubts and possibilities in the present.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | emporti | |
| tu | emportis | |
| ell/ella/vostè | emporti | |
| nosaltres | emportem | |
| vosaltres | emporteu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | emportin |
Common mistakes in the Subjuntiu present
- nosaltres
emportémemportemThe present subjunctive uses the same stem as the present: emportem, without an accent.
Subjuntiu imperfetimperfect subjunctive
Hypothetical or unreal situations in the past.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | emportés | |
| tu | emportessis | |
| ell/ella/vostè | emportés | |
| nosaltres | emportéssim | |
| vosaltres | emportéssiu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | emportessin |
Imperatiuimperative
Commands and requests.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | emporta | |
| ell/ella/vostè | emporti | |
| nosaltres | emportem | |
| vosaltres | emporteu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | emportin |
Common mistakes in the Imperatiu
- tu
emporta'temportaLearners often add a reflexive pronoun here; the bare imperative form is emporta, unless a pronominal pronoun is genuinely required in context.
Gerundi
The -ing form used for ongoing action.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | emportant | |
| tu | emportant | |
| ell/ella/vostè | emportant | |
| nosaltres | emportant | |
| vosaltres | emportant | |
| ells/elles/vostès | emportant |
Participi passatpast participle
The form used in compound tenses and the passive.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | emportat | |
| tu | emportat | |
| ell/ella/vostè | emportat | |
| nosaltres | emportat | |
| vosaltres | emportat | |
| ells/elles/vostès | emportat |
emportar — frequently asked questions
Is emportar a regular verb?
No — emportar is an irregular Catalan verb, so some of its forms do not follow the standard endings.
What does emportar mean?
emportar is a Catalan verb meaning "to take away, to carry off".