Inspecionas

Inspecionas is the second-person singular present indicative form of the Portuguese verb inspecionar, meaning you inspect. It is used in dialects that employ the informal pronoun tu, and translates to “you inspect” in English.

In standard usage, inspecionar denotes the act of examining or checking something for accuracy, quality, or compliance. Therefore, a sentence such as Tu inspecionas o equipamento antes de utilizá-lo conveys that the person addressed will inspect the equipment prior to use. The infinitive is inspecionar; related forms include inspecionando (present participle) and inspecionado (past participle).

Regional and stylistic variation affects the frequency of tu forms. In Portugal and some Brazilian dialects, tu inspecionas is heard among speakers who prefer the informal tú/você distinction. In much of Brazilian Portuguese, the more common form for the same idea is você inspeciona, with the third-person singular after the polite pronoun você.

Etymology traces inspecionar to the Latin root related to looking into or examining, via the common Romance-language development of imperfective and infinitive forms. The form inspecionas reflects regular second-person singular conjugation in the -ar verb family for languages that use tu.

Note: inspecionas is not typically used as a standalone noun. When capitalized or used as a proper noun, Inspecionas may appear in fictional works or as a name for organizations or brands. In ordinary prose, however, it remains a verb form rather than a noun.