ensinas
Ensinas is the second-person singular present indicative form of the Portuguese verb ensinar, meaning to teach. It is used when the subject is the informal pronoun tu, and it is most common in European Portuguese and in certain regional varieties of Brazilian Portuguese. In many Brazilian dialects that favor the pronoun você, the corresponding present form is ensina.
Usage and examples can illustrate its function: tu ensinas matemática muito bem, meaning you teach mathematics
Morphology and related forms: the infinitive is ensinar, the gerund is ensinando, and other person forms include
Etymology and classification: ensinar is a regular -ar verb in Portuguese. Ensinar has a broad use across
See also: ensino, educator, ensino-aprendizagem. Notes on dialectal variation indicate that tu forms like ensinas are