Exigiram

Exigiram is a Portuguese verb form, specifically the third-person plural pretérito perfeito do indicativo of exigir, meaning "they demanded" or "they required." Exigir is a transitive verb that means to demand, require, or insist upon a condition or action. The word stems from Latin exigere, formed by ex- "out" and agere "to drive, to do," historically conveying the sense of driving forth or exacting a demand.

The form exigiram is produced from the stem exig- combined with the ending -iram, which marks the third-person plural in this past tense in both Brazilian and European Portuguese. In this language, other forms of exigir follow regular patterns for -ir verbs, with variations across tenses and persons (for example, present exijo, exiges, exige; pretérito perfeito exigi, exigiste, exigiu, exigimos, exigistes, exigiram).

Usage-wise, exigiram is used in narrative and reported speech to describe past demands made by a group or multiple subjects. It appears in formal writing, journalism, and everyday discourse when recounting events in which people or organizations demanded something or insisted on a condition being met.

Examples: Eles exigiram uma explicação imediata. As autoridades exigiram o cumprimento do acordo. These sentences illustrate how exigiram functions to convey past, plural actions of demanding within a sentence. See also: exigir, pretérito perfeito, conjugação verbal.