autorizou

Autorizou is the third-person singular simple past tense form of the verb autorizar in Portuguese. It comes from the noun autor (author or originator) via the verb autorizar, and it is a regular -ar verb. The full conjugation in the pretérito perfeito do indicativo includes eu autorizei, tu autorizaste, ele autorizou, nós autorizamos, eles autorizaram. The form autorizaris in other languages is not standard in Portuguese; regional varieties use the same spelling for this tense.

In usage, autorizou indicates that someone with authority granted permission or officially approved something in the past. It is common in administrative, legal, corporate, and everyday contexts. The action can refer to authorizing a process, a payment, a move, an access, or the use of a resource, among other possibilities.

Examples of usage include: "O gerente autorizou a compra de equipamentos." "Ela autorizou a saída dos alunos." "O banco autorizou o empréstimo." The context often makes clear who is granting authority and what is being approved. The noun form autorização and the participle autorizado are related derivatives frequently used in similar contexts. The term is widely understood in both Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese, with minor stylistic variations but no significant difference in spelling.