adquiri

Adquiri is a Portuguese verb form that functions as the first-person singular of the pretérito perfeito (simple past) of adquirir, meaning “I acquired.” It describes a completed action of obtaining, gaining, or purchasing something in the past. The form is used in narrative and descriptive passages to convey past acquisitions in everyday, business, or formal contexts.

Etymology and morphology: adquirir is a derived verb in Portuguese from Latin adquisīre, formed from ad- “to” and quaerere “to seek.” The pretérito perfeito simple first-person singular, written as adquiri, follows the regular -ir verb pattern for this tense in Portuguese, with other persons forming adquirir, adquiriste, adquiriu, adquirimos, adquiristeis, adquiriram. The orthography maintains the “qu” cluster to preserve the hard /k/ sound before the front vowel.

Usage notes: Adquiri is common in Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese, especially in discussions of business transactions, investments, and personal history. It is a finite verb and cannot stand alone as a noun; it requires a subject and, typically, a conjugated auxiliary or object in a sentence. For example: “Eu adquiri ações da empresa.” In Spanish, the related form would be adquirí, which carries an accent and a different orthographic rule, illustrating cross-language differences in similar verb stems.

See also: adquirir, pretérito perfeito, Portuguese verbs, acquisition, procurement.

Adquiri is primarily a grammatical form rather than a proper noun or independent concept, and is used within sentences to situate past acts of obtaining or gaining.