concedamos

Concedamos is a Spanish verb form derived from conceder, meaning to grant or permit. It is the first-person plural present subjunctive form (nosotros concedamos) and also functions as the affirmative nosotros imperative in contemporary usage. As a present-subjunctive form, concedamos appears in subordinate clauses after verbs of desire, doubt, necessity, or recommendation, as in es importante que concedamos este beneficio. As an affirmative command, it expresses a proposal or exhortation: Concedamos este permiso, meaning Let us grant this permission.

Morphology-wise, concedamos is regular for an -er verb in the present subjunctive. The full present-subjunctive paradigm for conceder is: yo conceda, tú concedas, él conceda, nosotros concedamos, vosotros concedáis, ellos concedan. The form concedamos is therefore shared by both the subjunctive and the imperative mood in the nosotros form, and its meaning depends on the syntactic context.

Usage of concedamos is common in formal or institutional language, such as legal texts, policy discussions, official proposals, and rhetoric where collective action is being proposed. It can also appear in religious or organizational discourse. In everyday speech, speakers more often use other constructions to express proposals, but concedamos remains correct and idiomatic in appropriate formal settings.

Origin and related forms: concedamos comes from conceder. Related forms include conceda, concedas, concede, concedamos, concedan, corresponding to the other grammatical persons and tenses of the same verb. The term is rooted in Latin concedere, from con- “together” and cedere “to yield,” reflecting the sense of yielding or granting.