embasar

Embasar is a Portuguese verb meaning to provide a basis for something, to underpin, justify, or support a claim, argument, decision, or action. It involves presenting data, evidence, arguments, or principles that substantiate a statement or position. The term is common in formal writing, journalism, academia, law, and business, where claims must be supported by reliable sources. It is typically transitive: você embasa algo em dados, por exemplo, or, in the reflexive form, embasar-se, meaning to base oneself on something.

The noun embasamento refers to the foundation or underpinning of an idea, argument, or policy.

Etymology: embasar comes from the noun base or basis with the prefix em-, forming a regular -ar verb. It is closely related to basar and fundamentar; while basar is also used to mean to base, embasar stresses substantiation and justification.

Conjugation: Being a regular -ar verb, its conjugation follows standard patterns. Present indicative: eu embaso, tu embasas, ele embasa, nós embasamos, vós embasais, eles embasam. Pretérito perfeito: eu embasei, tu embasaste, ele embasou, nós embasamos, vós embasastes, eles embasaram. Subjunctive present: que eu embase, que tu embases, que ele embase, que nós embasemos, que vós embasseis, que eles embasem.

Examples: A decisão foi embasada em dados científicos. O relatório embasa suas conclusões em estudos anteriores. Ela embasa o argumento em evidências coletadas ao longo de várias fontes.

See also: fundamentar, justificar, basear-se, embasamento.