apresentáis

Apresentáis is a verb form in Portuguese. It is the second-person plural present indicative of the verb apresentar, which means to present, display, or introduce. The form is used with the pronoun vós, the traditional second-person plural in some Portuguese varieties, though it is less common in everyday speech today.

In standard Portuguese conjugation for regular -ar verbs in the present tense, apresent ar forms are as follows: eu apresento, tu apresentas, ele/ela apresenta, nós apresentamos, vós apresentáis, eles/elas apresentam. The accent on í in apresentáis marks the stress pattern characteristic of the vós form. In modern Brazilian Portuguese, the vós forms are rarely used and the second-person plural is commonly expressed with vocês presents (vocês apresentam). In European Portuguese, vós forms remain understood and can appear in formal, literary, or older texts.

Usage notes and nuances: apresent ar is transitive (presentar algo a alguém) and can also appear as apresentar-se to mean to introduce oneself or to introduce someone. The vós form apresentáis is primarily regional or formal; most contemporary writing and speech avoid it in favor of vocês apresentam. It is important not to confuse apresentáis with the Spanish present tense presentáis, which comes from a different language (Spanish) and uses different spelling and pronouns.

See also: apresentar, apresentar-se, Portuguese verb conjugation, vós forms.