produzem

Produzem is a Portuguese verb form that functions as the third-person plural present indicative of the verb produzir, meaning to produce or to generate. It is used to describe actions carried out by they or by a group addressed as vocês in Brazilian Portuguese or eles/elas in European Portuguese. The form appears in sentences such as Eles produzem energia elétrica todos os dias, indicating ongoing production by the subject.

Conjugation context and related forms are part of standard Portuguese verb patterns. The present indicative forms of produzir include: eu produzo, tu produces, ele produz, nós produzimos, vós produzis, eles produzem. The stem changes for this irregular -ir verb are most noticeable in the first three person forms (produzo, produz, produz), while the third-person plural retains the regular -em ending: produzem. The form produz is the singular third-person present, distinguishable from produzem by number.

Etymology traces produ- to the Latin producere, from pro- (forward) and ducere (to lead). The Portuguese verb produzir developed from this Latin root through the Romance language evolution, acquiring its current irregularities and present-tense endings as part of standard Portuguese conjugation.

In usage, produzir and its forms like produzem are common across domains such as industry, agriculture, media, and science, where the act of creating or yielding items, outputs, or results is described. While produzem specifically marks plural subjects in the present tense, other tenses and moods of the verb are used to convey past production, hypothetical production, or ongoing processes.