comentaram

Comentaram is the third-person plural form of the verb comentar in the pretérito perfeito (simple past) in Portuguese. It means "they commented" and, in Brazilian Portuguese, also corresponds to "you (plural) commented" when using voces (vocês) as the subject. The form is regular for an -ar verb, built from the stem coment- plus the ending -aram (they/you all commented). Examples: Eles comentaram sobre o relatório. Vocês comentaram a notícia no fórum.

Use and meaning:Comentaram is used to describe past acts of commenting, whether in conversation, journalism, or online settings. It can take various complements, such as temas, assuntos, or prepositional phrases like sobre, a respeito de. In formal writing, it can be substituted with estruturas como “emitiram comentários” or “fizeram comentários” if a more explicit noun phrase is preferred.

Relation to related forms: The corresponding infinitive is comentar; the noun form is comentário (comment). The related adjective comentar ou comentável describes the ability to be commented on, but such forms are less common in everyday usage. The verb belongs to the regular -ar group, which also includes conjugation patterns in other tenses and moods.

Etymology: Comentar derives from Latin commentarius (commentum), through Romance languages, reflecting the act of making an annotation or remark. The word is widely used in Portugal, Brazil, and other Portuguese-speaking regions, with the same basic conjugation pattern.