definamos

Definamos is a verb form that appears in both Spanish and Portuguese as the first-person plural present subjunctive of the verb definir, meaning to define. In Spanish, the form is defined as nosotros definamos in the subjunctive mood and is commonly used in subordinate clauses after verbs or expressions that require the subjunctive, such as doubt, necessity, or wish: Es importante que definamos los términos. It is also used in an exhortative or inclusive sense to invite the group to act, for example: Definamos juntos los objetivos.

In Portuguese, definamos corresponds to nós definamos, the present subjunctive form of definir. It appears in subordinate clauses after verbs or expressions that require the subjunctive: É essencial que definamos os termos. While Portuguese commonly employs other constructions for a group-including command (such as vamos definir) in everyday speech, definamos appears in formal or written contexts and in legal or technical language to express a collective action under uncertainty or deliberation.

Etymology traces definir to the Latin definitio or definitus, from which the notion of setting boundaries or giving a precise meaning arises. The form definamos preserves the sense of a collective action to be carried out or agreed upon, often framed as a proposal, a plan, or a definition to be established.

See also: definir, definición, definição, definiciones, definição.