façamos

Façamos is the first-person plural present-subjunctive form of the Portuguese verb fazer, meaning to do or to make. It is used to express a wish, suggestion, or tentative action in the sense of “let us do” or “let us make.” In everyday speech, speakers often prefer the imperative-like form vamos fazer, but façamos appears in formal, literary, or subordinate-clause contexts.

In its full present-subjunctive paradigm for fazer, the forms are: que eu faça, que tu faças, que ele faça, que nós façamos, que vós façais, que eles façam. Façamos can function as an independent exhortation as in “Façamos uma pausa” (Let us take a break) or as part of phrases like “Que façamos o que é certo” (Let us do what is right). The form also occurs after verbs of wishing or hoping, for example, “Espero que façamos progressos” (I hope that we make progress).

Etymology and linguistic notes: façamos derives from the Latin verb facere, through the evolution of the Portuguese verb fazer. The spelling uses the cedilla under c (ç) to preserve the soft [s] sound before a, and the ending -amos marks the present-subjunctive first-person plural. Façamos is more commonly encountered in formal writing, legal or philosophical prose, and in certain regional varieties, whereas informal speech tends toward forms like vamos fazer.

Related forms include faço (I do), fazes (you do), faça (he/she does or you do), façais (you all do), and façam (they do), illustrating the shared root and subjunctive/mood variations across the conjugation.