estruturam

Estruturam is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Portuguese verb estruturar, meaning to structure or to organize. It is used with a plural subject and corresponds to statements such as “they structure” or, in contexts with vocês, “you (plural) structure.” The form is common in both Brazilian and European Portuguese, though Brazilian usage often relies on explicit subject pronouns like eles or vocês.

Usage of the verb inherently involves giving form, order, or organization to something—plans, systems, data, arguments, or physical constructs. In the present tense, “estruturam” expresses an ongoing action, as in “Eles estruturam o currículo universitário” or “Eles estruturam o protocolo de pesquisa.” The term appears across fields such as management, information science, architecture, education, and policy design.

Morphology and related forms: estruturar is a regular -ar verb. Other present forms include eu estruturo, tu estruturas, ele estrutura, nós estruturamos, eles/elas estruturam. Related nouns include estrutura (structure) and estruturação (structuring). The past participle is estruturado, and the gerund is estruturando. The noun estrutura is commonly used to name the resulting framework or organization produced by the act of structuring.

See also: estrutura, estruturar, estruturação, organizacional.