acordabais

Acordabais is a verb form in Portuguese. It is the imperfect indicative of the verb acordar used with the second-person plural pronoun vós, and its meaning corresponds to “you all were waking up” or “you all used to wake up” in English. The form reflects the traditional European Portuguese conjugation pattern and is primarily found in formal writing, literature, or historical texts; in modern Brazilian Portuguese, the equivalent meaning is typically expressed with vocês acordavam, and the pronoun vós is rarely used.

Usage and regional notes

Acordabais is associated with the Europe-influenced variety of Portuguese that maintains the vos form. In everyday speech across most contemporary varieties, speakers would more commonly use the vos form in older or literary contexts and the vocês form in Brazil or informal Portugal. The tense itself, imperfect, conveys habitual or ongoing past action rather than a completed past event.

Conjugation context

Acordar is a regular -ar verb, and acordabais fits the imperfect tense pattern for vós. The imperfect is used to describe past routines or states, such as waking up regularly at a certain time.

Examples

Acordabais cedo todas as manhãs. Quando o sino tocava, acordabais ainda sonolentos. Acordar era parte da rotina de vocês naquela época.

See also

Acordar, Imperfect tense, European Portuguese.