Produzir (To Produce) — Full Conjugation

Produzir means to produce — to produce goods, to produce effects, to produce a film, to produce results. It belongs to a small but important family of verbs ending in -uzir: produzir (produce), traduzir (translate), conduzir (drive, lead), reduzir (reduce), induzir (induce), seduzir (seduce), deduzir (deduce). They all share the same irregularity: in the 3rd person singular present indicative, they drop the final -e that a regular -ir verb would have, just like fazer → faz and dizer → diz.

Beyond this one quirk, produzir conjugates like a regular -ir verb. Learn the pattern once and you have six or seven high-frequency verbs unlocked.

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Present indicative — presente do indicativo

Note the 3rd person singular produz — no final -e.

The 3sg form produz is the single diagnostic feature of the -uzir class. Regular -ir verbs keep the -e (compare parte from partir, abre from abrir). The -uzir verbs drop it, just as dizer → diz, fazer → faz, trazer → traz. Historically this comes from the Latin conjugation pattern these verbs inherited — they are all descended from Latin -ūcere verbs (producere, traducere, conducere, reducere), originally third-conjugation consonantal stems rather than the standard -īre pattern, and the dropped -e is a trace of that older inheritance.

Imperfect indicative — pretérito imperfeito

Fully regular.

Preterite indicative — pretérito perfeito simples

Fully regular for the preterite — the -uzir verbs do not take a strong preterite (unlike dizer → disse, trazer → trouxe). This is a useful mental split: -uzir verbs drop the -e only in the present 3sg; their preterite is normal.

As with all -ir verbs, the 1pl produzimos is identical in the present and preterite; context decides.

Pluperfect indicative, simple — pretérito mais-que-perfeito simples

Pluperfect indicative, compound — pretérito mais-que-perfeito composto

Present perfect — pretérito perfeito composto

Simple future — futuro do indicativo simples

Future perfect — futuro perfeito

Conditional — condicional (futuro do pretérito)

Conditional perfect — condicional composto

Present subjunctive — presente do conjuntivo

Imperfect subjunctive — imperfeito do conjuntivo

Future subjunctive — futuro do conjuntivo

Present perfect subjunctive — pretérito perfeito do conjuntivo

Pluperfect subjunctive — pretérito mais-que-perfeito do conjuntivo

Future perfect subjunctive — futuro perfeito do conjuntivo

Imperative — imperativo

The tu affirmative takes the same dropped-e form as the 3sg present: produz.

Affirmative:

Negative (identical to the present subjunctive with não):

Personal infinitive — infinitivo pessoal

Compound personal infinitive — infinitivo pessoal composto

Usage

Produzir + direct object

Produzir is a transitive verb. It takes a direct object — the thing being produced — without any preposition.

Common objects of produzir include: goods (produzir bens, carros, azeite, vinho), intangibles (produzir efeitos, resultados, mudança, ruído), and creative works (produzir um filme, uma peça, um álbum).

Produzir efeito / efeitos

A near-fixed expression meaning "to have an effect," "to take effect." Used in medical, legal, and everyday registers.

Produzir-se

The reflexive produzir-se is impersonal, meaning "to be produced" or "to occur." It is common in news and formal writing when describing events or phenomena.

Related noun and adjective family

• produção (f.) — production
• produto (m.) — product
• produtor / produtora (m./f.) — producer; empresa produtora = production company
• produtivo — productive
• produtividade (f.) — productivity
• produzido — produced (participle used as adjective): produtos produzidos em Portugal = products made in Portugal

Example sentences in context

Common mistakes

Key takeaways

• Produzir belongs to the -uzir family alongside traduzir, conduzir, reduzir, induzir, seduzir, deduzir — all share the same pattern.
• The only irregularity is in the 3rd person singular present indicative: produz, not produze.
• The tu imperative also drops the -e: produz.
• The preterite is fully regular — no strong preterite like dizer → disse.
• Produzir is transitive and usually takes a direct object.
• The impersonal produzir-se means "to occur" or "to break out," used in news writing.
• Collocations: produzir efeito, produzir resultados, produzir ruído, produzir bens.