fascinais

Fascinais is a Portuguese verb form. It is the second-person plural present indicative of the verb fascinar, which means to fascinate, charm, or captivate. This form is used with the archaic or formal second-person plural pronoun vós, a pattern common in older texts, regional varieties, or certain formal registers. In contemporary Brazilian Portuguese, the corresponding form is vocês fascinam.

Etymology and meaning: Fascinar derives from Latin fascinare, related to fascinatus or fascinus, historically associated with enchantment, bewitched behavior, or captivation. The contemporary sense remains “to captivate or charm.”

Conjugation and grammar: For regular -ar verbs in the present indicative, the standard endings include: eu fascino, tu fascinas, ele/ela fascina, nós fascinam, vós fascinais, eles/elas fascinam. Thus fascinais specifically marks the second-person plural subject in the present tense. The vós form is largely limited to traditional, biblical, or literary contexts in modern Portuguese.

Usage notes: Because the pronoun vós is infrequent in most modern varieties, fascinais is rarely seen in daily speech. It appears mainly in historical works, classical texts, or grammar descriptions that illustrate older or regional pronoun systems. In everyday Brazilian Portuguese, speakers use vocês fascinam or simply vocês fascinam with the corresponding third-person plural verb form.

See also: fascinar, fascinação, vós.