adotais

Adotais is a verb form of the Portuguese verb adotar, used to express the action of adopting. It represents the second-person plural present indicative, corresponding to “you (plural) adopt” in English. The form follows the standard -ar verb pattern, with the ending -ais for the vós conjugation, and the stem adot-.

In contemporary usage, adotais is uncommon in Brazilian Portuguese, where the pronoun vocês is standard and the corresponding verb form is adotam. In European Portuguese, adotais may still be encountered in formal, historic, or regional texts, and in liturgical or classical writing, but many speakers prefer the more modern vocês adotam in everyday speech.

Phonology and morphology explain that adotais shares its ending with other vós forms of -ar verbs, such as falais (you all speak) or levais (you all raise). The vós form survives in limited contexts, often associated with tradition, poetry, or formal registers, and it can signal a particular regional or historical character in a text.

Notes and related forms: the present indicative for other subjects of adotar includes eu adoro, tu adotas, ele adota, nós adotamos, vocês adotam. The verb also appears in other tenses and moods with corresponding endings (e.g., adotava, adotará). The form adotais should not be confused with Spanish adoptáis or similar-looking forms in other languages, which belong to different conjugation systems.

See also: adotar, adotar in Brazilian Portuguese, vós forms.