Satisfaças

Satisfaças is a verb form in Portuguese, specifically the second-person singular present subjunctive of the verb satisfazer. The present subjunctive forms of satisfazer are: eu satisfaça, tu satisfaças, ele satisfaça, nós satisfaçamos, vós satisfaçais, eles satisfaçam. Therefore, satisfaças is used when addressing the subject as “tu” in subordinate clauses that express doubt, wish,/emotion, possibility, or necessity.

Usage and examples

In contexts that require a subjunctive mood, satisfaças appears in clauses introduced by expressions such as "é importante que," "desejo que," or "se." For example: "Espero que tu satisfaças as condições," or "É essencial que tu satisfaças os requisitos." In Brazilian Portuguese, when using the more common pronoun você, the corresponding form is satisfaça (third-person singular), rather than satisfaças.

Relation to other forms

Satisfaças is related to the noun satisfação (satisfaction) and to the noun plural satisfações, which share the same root but serve different grammatical uses. The verb satisfazer itself means to fulfill, satisfy, or fulfill a need or requirement, and its subjunctive forms are used to express non-factual or hypothetical scenarios.

Etymology

The verb satisfazer derives from Latin satisfacere, combining satis- (“enough, adequate”) and facere (“to do”). The present subjunctive form satisfaças reflects standard Portuguese conjugation patterns for the -er verbs in the subjunctive mood.

See also

Satisfação, satisfazer, satisfatório (and related forms).