corrigimos

Corrigimos is the first-person plural form of the Portuguese verb corrigir. In present indicative, nós corrigimos means “we correct” or “we are correcting.” The same spelling is also used for the pretérito perfeito (simple past), where the meaning is “we corrected.” Because the form is identical in these tenses, context and time expressions are necessary to determine the intended meaning.

Etymology and form

Corrigir derives from Latin corrigere, meaning to make right or straight again. The Portuguese form corrigimos is used with the subject pronoun nós (we). Like other regular -ir verbs in Portuguese, corrigimos changes with tense and mood, but the spelling for this person/number remains the same in present and past simple.

Usage

Corrigimos is used in both Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese to describe correcting errors, editing texts, or rectifying mistakes. It appears in educational settings, journalism, editing workflows, software release notes, and general communication where a correction is made or has been made.

Examples

Nós corrigimos o erro no relatório. (We corrected the error in the report.)

Nós corrigimos o texto antes de enviar. (We are correcting the text / We corrected the text before sending, depending on context.)

Grammatical notes

As with many Portuguese verbs, the form for nós can be identical across different tenses, relying on context to convey the time reference. Correct usage often includes accompanying time indicators such as hoje, ontem, ou ainda, to clarify whether the action is happening now or occurred in the past.