descrevesses

Descrevesses is a Portuguese verb form that represents the second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of the verb descrever. It is used in subordinate clauses to express hypothetical, uncertain, or non-real past actions, or in conditional constructions after events or verbs that require the subjunctive. In many varieties of modern Portuguese, the tu form is less common in daily speech, and the corresponding form with você (descrevesse) is often used instead. Descrevesses appears more frequently in European Portuguese and in literary or formal contexts where the tu form remains active.

Formation and related forms follow the regular pattern for -er verbs in the imperfect subjunctive. The full paradigm for descrever is: eu descrevesse, tu descrevesses, ele descrevesse, nós descrevêssemos, vós descrevêsseis, eles descrevessem. The form with tu, descrevesses, is the direct second-person singular variant; the tu usage is regionally distributed and often perceived as archaic or formal in contemporary Brazilian Portuguese, where você describing forms (descrevesse) are more common in everyday speech.

Examples:

- Se tu descrevesses os fatos com mais cuidado, entenderias melhor. (If you described the facts more carefully, you would understand better.)

- Se você descrevesse o problema, poderíamos encontrar uma solução. (If you described the problem, we could find a solution.)

See also: Portuguese verb conjugation, imperfect subjunctive, regional variation in tu usage. Descrevesses, while correct and historically common in some dialects, is chiefly encountered in formal, literary, or European Portuguese contexts rather than in everyday Brazilian speech.