Apresentas

Apresentas is a Portuguese verb form that represents the second-person singular present indicative of apresentar. It means you present or you introduce something or someone. This form is used when addressing someone informal with the pronoun tu; in regions where the tu form is standard, such as Portugal and parts of Africa, apresentas is common. In Brazilian Portuguese, the equivalent informal form is typically you-present, expressed with você apresenta, since você is used instead of tu.

Conjugation of apresentar in the present indicative is: eu apresento, tu apresentas, ele apresenta, nós apresentamos, vós apresentais, eles apresentam. Therefore, apresentas appears as the 2nd person singular form. The reflexive form for presenting oneself is apresentar-se, with the corresponding conjugation tu apresentas-te or tu te apresentas in common usage, depending on regional preference.

Usage and meaning: apresentas is used to describe the act of presenting or introducing something, a person, a document, an argument, or oneself. Examples include: “Tu apresentas os teus documentos” or “Antes de começar, apresentas a tua proposta.” In formal Brazilian writing, the same idea would more likely be rendered as “Você apresenta.” The form is mainly found in contexts where the informal tú is used and may appear in speech, informal writing, or regional dialects.

Etymology: apresentar derives from Latin praesentare, meaning to present or to show. The word entered Portuguese via Latin roots and evolved into modern forms such as apresentar and its conjugations, including apresentas. Apresentas thus functions as a standard 2nd-person singular present indicative in its regional usage.