elabores

Elabores is a conjugated form of the Portuguese verb elaborar. It corresponds to a specific mood and person: the second person singular of the present subjunctive (tu elabores). This form is used in subordinate clauses to express wishes, doubts, possibilities, recommendations, or conditions, often introduced by conjunctions like que, se, quando, or caso.

In terms of usage across dialects, tu forms are more common in European Portuguese, where you may hear or see sentences like “Se tu elabores o plano, poderemos discutir.” In Brazilian Portuguese, the informal tú form is less frequent in everyday speech, and the corresponding subjunctive for “você” is typically elabore; however, elabores remains grammatically correct when the pronoun tu is used, especially in regions with strong tu usage or in formal writing.

The verb elaborar is a regular -ar verb. Its present subjunctive forms are: eu elabore, tu elabores, ele/ela elabore, nós elaboremos, vós elaboreis, eles/elas elaborem. This contrasts with the present indicative, which is elaboro, elaboras, elabora, elaboramos, elaboráis, elaboran, etc., depending on regional spelling and pronunciation.

Examples include: “Espero que tu elabores o relatório até amanhã.” or “É essencial que tu elabores as propostas com mais detalhes.” For Brazilian contexts, one might say: “Espero que você elabore o orçamento com cuidado.” Etymology traces to Latin elaborare, from labor meaning work, extended to mean to develop or produce in detail.