Excluímos

Excluímos is a Portuguese verb form derived from excluir. It represents the first-person plural of the verb and can function as either the present indicative (we exclude / we are excluding) or the pretérito perfeito do indicativo (we excluded), with the intended tense typically clarified by context.

Etymology and meaning: excluir comes from Latin excludere, formed by ex- (out) and cludere (to close). In contemporary usage, excluir means to remove, omit, or rule out something from a set, list, argument, or consideration. The form exonfers the sense that a group acts collectively to eliminate certain items or possibilities.

Usage notes: Excluímos appears in both everyday and formal registers. In decision-making, data processing, or analysis, it is common to state that certain options or data points have been excluded. Examples include: “Excluímos opções que não atendem aos critérios” and “Excluímos dados inconsistentes da análise.” Because the spelling is identical for present and past tenses, the actual meaning relies on the surrounding temporal context and accompanying verbs.

Pronunciation and spelling: excluímos carries an acute accent on the í, signaling the stress on the syllable “lí” in most pronunciations. It is one of several Portuguese forms of excluir that share the same spelling in different tenses, underscoring the importance of tense cues for interpretation.