regravamos

Regravamos is a Portuguese verb form derived from regravar, meaning to record again. It can function as the first-person plural form of the present indicative (nós regravamos, we re-record) and, in many contexts, the same form also represents the pretérito perfeito do indicativo (nós regravamos, we re-recorded). Because the form is identical in both tenses, the temporal meaning is usually determined by context or by accompanying time expressions.

Etymology and usage notes: The verb regravar combines the prefix re- (again, anew) with gravar (to record or to engrave). In everyday Portuguese, regravar is most often used in relation to audio, video, or data: re-recording a song or a movie version, or rewriting a file in computing. In computing, regravar can also imply overwriting or rewriting existing data on a medium.

Related terms include the noun regravação, referring to the act or result of re-recording, and the verb forms regravar (to re-record) and regravável (re-recordable). The sense can extend beyond media to other contexts where something is created again or replaced with a newer version.

Grammar note: The identical form for present and past for nós makes explicit tense marking essential in sentence construction. Use of time adverbs (ontem, hoje, recentemente, ainda) helps disambiguate.

Examples: Nós regravamos o álbum na semana passada. Nós regravamos o áudio ontem. A nova versão da música é uma regravação de sucesso. In technology: o arquivo foi regravado para substituir os dados antigos.

See also: regravação, gravar, regravável.