Orçámos

Orçámos is a form of the Portuguese verb orçar meaning “we budgeted” or “we estimated costs.” It is the pretérito perfeito simples form used in European Portuguese to indicate a completed action of budgeting in the past.

Orçar means to set a budget or to estimate the costs of a project. It is a transitive verb and is commonly used with objects such as o orçamento (the budget), as despesas (the expenses), or os custos (the costs). The related noun orçamento denotes the budget; orçamentar is a more formal variant meaning “to budget.”

Conjugation: orçar is a regular -ar verb. Present indicative: eu orço, tu orças, ele orça, nós orçamos, vós orçais, eles orçam. Pretérito perfeito: eu orcei, tu orçaste, ele orçou, nós orçámos, vós orçastes, eles orçaram. The form orçámos, specifically, marks the first-person plural past. It is common in contexts such as planning meetings, project proposals, and financial reports.

Pronunciation and usage notes: orçámos is pronounced with the s sound before a and carries the stress on the -ámos syllable. In written form, it appears in formal or planning documents and narratives describing past budgeting actions. Related terms include orçamento (budget) and orçamentação (budgeting).