façam

Façam is a Portuguese verb form derived from fazer, meaning to do or to make. It is the present subjunctive form for the third-person plural (eles/elas) and, in most varieties of Portuguese, also serves as the affirmative imperative for the pronoun vocês (you all).

Because of its dual function, faça... contexts, façam appears in two broad uses. In subordinate clauses introduced by que, it expresses wishes, doubts, possibilities, or obligations: “Espero que eles façam o relatório.” In direct commands to a group, it functions as an imperative: “Façam o relatório agora.”

Root and spelling: the form uses the cedilla ç (faç-) to indicate the soft s sound before a, and the ending -am is typical of the third-person plural present-subjunctive for -er verbs like fazer. The form is irregular: the present indicative is “fazem.”

Origin and conjugation notes: fazer comes from Latin facere, and the present-subjunctive forms in Portuguese reflect historical developments of the language’s verb system. The full present-subjunctive paradigm includes eu faça, tu faças, ele faça, nós façamos, vós façais, eles façam; façam is the standard third-person plural/many-uses form. In informal speech, the corresponding tu form is faz, and the formal singular uses faça.