apresent

Apresent is a linguistic term used to denote the stem of the Portuguese verb apresentar, which means to present or to introduce. In grammatical analysis, apresent- is the base to which inflectional endings attach to form different tenses, moods, numbers, and persons. The concept is a morphological rather than lexical unit: apresent- by itself is not a standalone verb form but the underlying stem used to generate forms such as apresento (I present), apresentas (you present), apresenta (he/she presents), apresentamos (we present), and apresentam (they present).

The stem is often indicated in dictionaries and language-processing tools with a trailing dash (apresent-) to signal its role as the base without inflection. This convention helps describe how the verb conjugates across tenses and voices without listing all individual forms. In ordinary usage, speakers conjugate apresentar for different subjects and tenses, while the stem apresenta a common core across these forms.

Related terms include the full verb apresentar, its nominal derivations like apresentação (presentation) and apresentável (presentable), and other related forms such as the reflexive apresentar-se, used to mean to present oneself. In linguistic discussions of Portuguese, apresent- serves as a typical example of a verb stem in the conjugation system.

See also: Portuguese verbs, verb conjugation, stem (linguistics).