ilustrares

Ilustrares is a verb form in Portuguese. It is the second-person singular form of the verb ilustrar in the futuro do subjuntivo, the future subjunctive mood. This mood is used in dependent clauses to describe actions that may happen under certain conditions or in the future, often after conjunctions such as se, quando, caso, or \"enquanto.\"

Grammatical function and usage

As a future-subjunctive form, ilustrares expresses hypothetical or contingent actions. It appears in sentences like: Se tu ilustrares os dados com mais clareza, o relatório ficará mais compreensível. Quando tu ilustrares o gráfico, envia-o para a equipe. In everyday Brazilian Portuguese, the tu form is less common in formal contexts, where speakers frequently use você and related subjunctive forms, but ilustrares remains a correct tense form for the second-person singular when tu is used.

Notes on variation

In many dialects of Portuguese, especially in Brazil, the pronoun you (você) is widely used with different verb forms, which can change the preferred mood or tense in natural speech. The futuro do subjuntivo is most frequently encountered in written language, formal speech, or regional varieties that preserve the tu form. Grammars describe ilustrares as the standard second-person singular form for the futuro do subjuntivo of ilustrar.

See also

Ilustrar; Subjuntivo; Futuro do subjuntivo.