requer

Requer is a term that most often appears as a conjugated form in Romance-language grammar. In Portuguese, requer is the third-person singular present indicative of the verb requerer, meaning to require or to demand. It is used with subjects such as ele, ela, or você (the latter in informal Brazilian speech). For example: O sistema requer atenção. In English, this corresponds to “the system requires attention.”

Etymology and related forms: Requer derives from Latin re- plus quaerere, meaning to seek again or to require. The form is related to cognate verbs in other Romance languages, where similar stems express the idea of needing or demanding something, though standard spellings and conjugations differ by language.

Other uses and variations: Outside its function as a verb form, the sequence requer can occur as part of longer verb forms in various texts, and in some regions or historical periods it may appear in alternative spellings. In addition, Requer may appear as a surname or place name in small-local contexts, but it does not denote a widely recognized geographical or personal entity in major reference works.

Summary: Requer is primarily recognized as a grammatical form of a verb meaning to require, most clearly in Portuguese. The term’s significance outside grammar is limited and highly context-dependent, with no single, universally documented meaning. See also requerer, require, and related cognates in Romance languages for broader context.