Apontas

Apontas is the second-person singular present indicative form of the Portuguese verb apontar. It means you point out or indicate, and is used with the pronoun tu in European Portuguese. In Brazilian Portuguese, the corresponding everyday form with você is aponta, while tu apontas is understood in some regions and in more formal or regional contexts.

Usage and examples

Apontas frases como “Tu apontas as falhas no relatório” to indicate that someone is pointing out errors. The form is primarily used in informal or regional speech that employs the tu form. In standard Brazilian Portuguese writing, speakers more commonly use “você aponta” to convey the same meaning, though “tu apontas” can appear in dialectal or traditional contexts.

Grammatical notes

Apontas is part of a larger verbal system around apontar, which also includes forms like aponta (ele/ela), apontamos (nós), apontam (eles/elas), and the infinitive apontar. The verb has senses related to pointing physically toward something, indicating or identifying something, and, in some contexts, aiming or directing attention or effort.

Related terms

Related nouns include apontamento (note or annotation) and apontador (marker or pointer). The root psic of apontar also appears in phrases describing marking or directing attention, rather than only pointing spatially.

See also

apontar, apontamento, apontador, apontação.