Compreendeis

Compreendeis is the second person plural present indicative form of the Portuguese verb compreender, used with the pronoun vós. It translates roughly as “you understand” in English and is characteristic of European Portuguese in contexts that employ the archaic or ceremonial vós form.

The verb compreender means to understand or to grasp conceptually, and its present tense forms derive from the Latin comprehendere. Compreendeis is one of several present-tense forms built on the root compreender, specifically the vós form for the present tense.

In contemporary usage, the form is uncommon in Brazilian Portuguese, where speakers typically use vocês entendem or vocês compreendem. Compreendeis remains more visible in older texts, religious writings, poetry, and some regional or formal contexts in Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking areas that preserve the vós form.

Example sentences in literature or formal speech might include: Vós compreendeis o que vos estou a dizer? or Compreendeis as implicações desta decisão? Such examples illustrate how the vós-based conjugation functions within the wider system of Portuguese verb morphology.