exclui

Exclui is the third-person singular present indicative form of the Portuguese verb excluir. It means to exclude, omit, remove, or delete something or someone from a group, list, or set. The form can be translated as “he excludes” or, depending on the pronoun, “you exclude” (as in você exclui). Excluir is used across Brazilian and European Portuguese, and its sense ranges from physical removal to rhetorical or informational omission.

Etymology and meaning: Excluir derives from Latin excludere, formed from ex- (out) and claudere (to close). In Portuguese, the verb evolved to cover a broad range of meanings related to shutting out or not including. The present tense form exclui aligns with the standard pattern of -uir verbs in which the root changes to accommodate the person and number.

Usage and context: Excluir is common in everyday language and specialized domains. In computing, it is used for deleting items, such as “excluir arquivo” (delete file) or “excluir mensagem.” In social or organizational contexts, it can describe removing a participant from a list or group, or omitting information from a document or report, as in “excluir um item da lista” or “excluir um detalhe do relatório.” The term often carries a formal or normative tone, distinguishing it from synonyms like eliminar (to eliminate, often with a stronger sense of finality) or remover (to physically or temporarily take away).

Conjugation note: Besides exclui, related forms include eu excluo, tu excluis, nós excluímos, vós excluís, eles excluem; the preterite forms include eu excluí and ele excluiu.