acordámos

Acordámos is a Portuguese verb form used in the first-person plural. It belongs to the verb acordar and marks the pretérito perfeito simples (simple past) for the subject nós. The form has two main senses in contemporary Portuguese, depending on context: it can mean “we woke up,” as in waking from sleep, or “we agreed,” as in reaching an agreement or consent.

In European Portuguese, acordámos is typically written with an acute accent on the o to distinguish it from the present tense acordamos (we wake up / we agree in present contexts). In Brazilian Portuguese, the accent is less commonly used in everyday writing, and acordamos is often seen without diacritics, though the pronunciation and core meaning remain the same. The sense “we agreed” is usually accompanied by a preposition such as com (with) or a complement that specifies the agreement (e.g., acordámos com as condições).

Grammatically, acordámos is the imperfect/preterite form for nós in the simple past, not to be confused with other tenses that use the same verb stem. It can occur in formal writing or narrative to convey a completed action in the recent or distant past, or in reports of negotiations for the sense of agreement.

Examples:

- Nós acordámos cedo. (We woke up early.)

- Nós acordámos com as condições do contrato. (We agreed to the contract’s conditions.)

Acordámos is related to acordar and the noun acordo (agreement). It is commonly used in everyday speech in both Portugal and Brazil, with regional variation in accent usage and preferred contexts for the two main meanings.