esqueças

Esqueças is a Portuguese verb form derived from esquecer, meaning “to forget.” It is the second-person singular present subjunctive form of esquecer, used in subordinate clauses after verbs of desire, doubt, emotion, necessity, or after conjunctions introducing purpose, condition, or hypothetical scenarios. In European Portuguese, tu esqueças is common in informal speech; in Brazilian Portuguese, speakers often render the same idea with the construction que você esqueça.

Form and spelling are based on the stem esqueç- plus the present-subjunctive ending -as, yielding esqueças. The cedilla under the c is used before a to preserve the soft /s/ sound. This form contrasts with esqueça, which is the third-person singular present subjunctive and is also used in many varieties as the imperative for você or as a formal command.

Usage examples include: "Espero que esqueças isso" (I hope you forget/forget about that), "Quero que esqueças o que aconteceu" (I want you to forget what happened), and "Para que esqueças os detalhes" (So that you forget the details). The form is primarily encountered in written Portuguese and in more formal or literary contexts; in everyday Brazilian speech, speakers more often use the que você esqueça construction.

Notes and related forms: esqueças is not a noun; it is a verb form belonging to the verb esquecer, which is part of the Romance-language verb family. Related forms include esqueça (3rd person singular present subjunctive or imperative in some varieties) and the infinitive esquecer. See also esquecer and the Portuguese subjunctive mood for broader context.