orça

Orça is the third-person singular present indicative form of the Portuguese verb orçar, which means to estimate or to quote a price. The infinitive is orçar, and the noun relating to the act is orçamento, meaning a budget or cost estimate. The verb is used in financial, commercial, and planning contexts to indicate setting or projecting costs, prices, or quotations.

Conjugation in the present tense is typically: eu orço, tu orças, você/ele/ela orça, nós orçamos, vocês/eles orçam. The form orça is common in both Brazilian and European Portuguese for the third-person singular, while the tu form orças is widely used in informal speech in parts of Brazil and Portugal. In formal written Portuguese, você or ele/ela orça and vocês orçam are frequently preferred.

Usage notes: orçar is chiefly employed in economic or procurement settings, such as preparing a quotation for a client, estimating project costs, or setting price ranges. It is distinct from cotar, which more specifically means to quote a price, and from orçamento, which denotes the budget or the total estimated cost. The verb can be transitive, taking a direct object like orçar o orçamento or orçar um valor.

Examples: Ela orça o orçamento do projeto antes de aprovar a compra. A empresa precisa orçar o custo total do contrato para apresentar aos clientes.

See also: orçamento, cotação, orçamento empresarial, orçamento público.