enfeitais

Enfeitais is a Portuguese verb, the second-person plural present indicative form of enfeitar, meaning to decorate or embellish. It is used with the pronoun vós and is more common in European Portuguese or in formal, literary, or archaic contexts.

Usage and register: In Portugal and in some Brazilian formal or literary writing, enfeitais appears as the standard present tense for the second person plural when using vós. In everyday contemporary Brazilian Portuguese, the corresponding meaning is usually conveyed with vocês enfeitam, while enfeitais is often considered archaic or regional. The form can therefore appear in historical texts, poetry, hymns, or specific dialects that retain the vós form.

Conjugation note: The present indicative forms of enfeitar include: eu enfeito, tu enfeitas, ele/enfeita, nós enfeitamos, vós enfeitais, eles enfeitam. The verb belongs to the -ar conjugation pattern and follows typical Portuguese inflection.

Etymology: Enfeitar is formed with the prefix en- added to a root related to the noun enfeite or a family of verbs meaning to adorn. The word denotes the act of decorating or ornamenting something, and enfeitais is simply the second-person plural present tense of that verb.

Example usage: Vós enfeitais o salão para a festa. Eles enfeitam a praça com flores. In modern Brazilian Portuguese, you would more commonly hear Vocês enfeitam o salão para a festa.

See also: enfeitar, enfeite, vós.