significarão

Significarão is a Portuguese verb form that functions as the third-person plural in the future indicative tense of significar, meaning to signify or to mean. It expresses that something will have a certain meaning, significance, or indication in the future. The form can be used with subjects such as eles, elas, or, in Brazilian Portuguese, vocês.

Etymology and meaning: Significar comes from Latin significare, formed from signum (sign, mark) and the suffix -ficare (to make). In Portuguese, significar is a transitive verb used to express meaning, significance, or indication of signs, words, numbers, or actions. It is often applied in contexts such as linguistics, journalism, analysis, and everyday communication to specify what something will mean or imply.

Usage: Significar is a regular -ar verb. The specific form significarão is the future indicative for the third person plural, corresponding to “they will signify” or, in practice, “you (plural) will signify” when using vocês as the subject. Examples: “Os resultados significarão uma mudança de direção.” (The results will signify a change of direction.) “As notas significarão se o projeto é viável.” (The scores will signify whether the project is viable.) In practice, signifying can also be expressed with phrases like “querer dizer” or “indicar,” depending on nuance.

Related terms: Synonyms include significar, indicar, representar, querer dizer. Antonyms can include ocultar or esconder the true meaning. Usage can vary slightly between Brazilian and European Portuguese, but the core meaning and the future form significarão remain consistent.

Notes: The term is primarily literary or formal; in everyday speech, speakers may opt for more common expressions such as “vai significar” or “vai querer dizer” depending on the context.