institui

Institui is a Portuguese verb form meaning to institute, establish, or set up. It is commonly used to describe the act of creating rules, organizations, procedures, or practices and is found in formal and administrative language.

The word derives from the Latin instituere, meaning to place, set up, or found. In Portuguese, the noun form institucional or instituição shares the same root, referring to an established organization or system.

In use, institui appears as the third-person singular present indicative form of the verb instituir, as in O governo institui novas regras or A universidade institui um novo programa. It is typical in legal, governmental, and policy contexts to describe actions that bring something into existence or formalize a process.

Grammatical notes: institui is used with he, she, or you (formal) as the subject in the present tense. The verb has other forms for different tenses and moods, such as instituiu (past), instituir (infinitive), and instituição (noun form related to the concept of founding). The auxiliary and related forms vary with regional usage, but institui remains a common present-tense form in contemporary Portuguese for describing acts of establishing or creating.