possui

Possui is a Portuguese verb form belonging to the verb possuir, meaning to own, hold, or possess something. It is used to indicate ownership or possession and is transitive, requiring a direct object: for example, ela possui uma casa (she owns a house).

Conjugation and forms are irregular in the present tense. The present indicative forms are eu possuo, tu possuis, ele/ela possui, nós possuímos, vós possuís, eles/elas possuem. The form possuímos carries a diacritic, reflecting the stem change for the first-person plural, while vós possuís is used in some dialects and formal contexts. Other tenses follow distinct patterns, such as possuí, possuímos, possuíram in the preterite; possessões in the imperfect and subjunctive forms.

Usage and nuance: possuir is a formal or precise synonym of ter, often used for concrete ownership (imóveis, bens), legal rights, or abstract attributes (conhecimentos, competências). It tends to foreground the existence of ownership rather than mere possession, and it is common in official, legal, or technical language. In everyday speech, ter is usually more common to express simple possession. Possuir can also appear in phrases like possuir direitos autorais, possuir habilidades, or possuir uma posição de influência.

Notes: As a transitive verb, possuir can take direct objects and may appear with adverbs or prepositional phrases to specify what is possessed. The word is widely used across Brazilian and European Portuguese, with minor stylistic preferences but similar core meanings.