Processais

Processais is the second-person plural present indicative form of the regular Portuguese verb processar. The verb means to process, handle, or manage something, such as data or documents, and in a legal sense to sue or prosecute. Processais appears in texts written in or intended to imitate European Portuguese, where the pronoun vós is used with this form.

Conjugation and usage notes: As a regular -ar verb, processar follows a standard pattern in the present indicative: eu processo, tu processas, ele/ela processa, nós processamos, vós processáis, eles/elas processam. In everyday Brazilian Portuguese, the second-person plural form is typically você/ vocês processam, not processáis, reflecting regional variation in pronoun use. The form processais is therefore most common in formal, archaic, or liturgical contexts within European Portuguese.

Examples: Vós processáis os dados antes de apresentá-los ao comitê. Em português do Brasil, vocês processam os dados antes de apresentá-los ao comitê.

Etymology and related forms: Processais derives from the verb processar, which in turn comes from the Portuguese formation of -ar verbs based on the stem process-. Related terms include o processo (the process) and o processar (to process).

See also: processar, processo, conjugação verbal, português europeu, brasileño (português do Brasil).

Notes: Because vós forms are less common in contemporary speech outside of formal or liturgical registers, many readers will encounter processais mainly in historical or stylistic contexts.