Faças

Faças is a Portuguese verb form derived from fazer, meaning “to do” or “to make.” It is the present subjunctive of the verb in the second person singular, tu faças. The form appears in subordinate clauses that express wishes, doubts, uncertainty, or hypothetical conditions. Its usage varies by dialect, being common in European Portuguese and in Brazilian varieties that retain the tu form.

Orthography and conjugation: Faças is spelled with a cedilla under the c (faç-), which keeps the pronunciation as /s/ before the a. The full present-subjunctive paradigm for fazer is: eu faça, tu faças, ele faça, nós façamos, vós façais, eles façam. The tu form faças is standard in regions that use the tu pronoun, though its frequency varies by locale and register.

Examples and usage notes: “Se tu faças isso, ficarás satisfeito” means “If you do that, you will be satisfied.” In contemporary Brazilian Portuguese, speakers more often use “faça” with the pronoun você (“você faça isso”) rather than “tu faças,” due to the dominant use of você in everyday speech. In Portugal and other places where tu is common, faças remains a standard present-subjunctive form.

Relations and contrasts: The corresponding forms are “faça” (3rd person singular, used with você) and “façais” (2nd person plural) and “façam” (3rd person plural). Faças is thus one of several subjunctive forms of fazer, distinguished by person and number.