duvidais

Duvidais is the second-person plural present indicative form of the Portuguese verb duvidar (to doubt). It is used in contexts where the pronoun vós is employed, a form common in older or more formal European Portuguese. In contemporary Brazilian Portuguese, where the pronoun vocês is standard, the equivalent present indicative is duvidam, and duvidais is rarely used outside literary or ceremonial contexts.

Origin and grammar: Duvidar comes from Latin audire? No, from Latin dubitare, meaning to doubt. The Portuguese form duvidais preserves the -ar verb conjugation pattern for the vós form in the present tense. Related words include duvida (doubt) and duvidoso (doubtful). The use of duvidais thus marks a connection to traditional or archaic registers rather than everyday speech.

Usage and tone: Duvidais is typically found in historical texts, classic literature, or translations aiming to reproduce older European Portuguese usage. It may also appear in formal or ceremonial writing to convey an antiquated tone. In modern colloquial discourse, speakers tend to replace it with vocês duvidam or, in informal contexts, simply duvidam.

Examples: Vós duvidais da veracidade dessas informações. This construction illustrates the present-tense, second-person plural form with vós.

See also: duvida, duvidar, duvidoso, vós.