governámos

Governámos is a Portuguese verb form, functioning as the first-person plural preterite tense of the verb governar, which means to govern or to rule. In European Portuguese, governámos translates to “we governed” or “we ruled,” used to describe actions completed in the past by a group that includes the speaker.

Etymology and morphology: Governarmos comes from the verb governar, plus the standard -ámos ending for the first-person plural in the pretérito perfeito simples (simple past) of -ar verbs. The acute accent on the á marks the stressed syllable in this tense. In many varieties of Brazilian Portuguese, the corresponding form is governamos, typically written without an accent.

Usage: The form is primarily used in past narrative or historical descriptions. It denotes that a collective or group, including the speaker, held political power, administered an institution, or exercised authority during a specific past period. It is distinguished from other past tenses in Portuguese, such as era (imperfect) or governava (imperfect ongoing past action).

Examples: “Nós governámos a cidade entre 2010 e 2016.” “Durante aquela década, governámos com uma coalizão estável.” In Brazilian Portuguese contexts, the same meaning would usually be conveyed with governamos.

Notes: Governámos is not typically used as a standalone noun or title. It is a verb form and chiefly appears in written or spoken Portuguese when describing past governance by a group including the speaker. The form illustrates regular -ar verb conjugation patterns in the pretérito perfeito simples.