supervisionar

Supervisionar is a Portuguese verb meaning to supervise, oversee, or monitor. It is transitive and used to describe directing and ensuring the performance, compliance, or quality of a person, process, project, or organization. The term appears across contexts such as management, education, healthcare, and public administration.

Etymology and related forms: The verb comes from the Latin supervisio through French and Portuguese paths that produced the noun supervisão and the agent noun supervisor/a. In everyday use, it is complemented by related terms such as supervisão (the act of supervising), supervisor/supervisora (the person who supervises), and the loosely borrowed term supervisor in some contexts.

Conjugation and usage: Supervisionar is a regular -ar verb in Portuguese. Its present tense forms follow the standard pattern, for example: eu supervisiono, tu supervisionas, ele supervisiona; nós supervisionamos; eles supervisionam. The infinitive is supervisionar, the gerund is supervisionando, and the past participle is supervisionado. The verb is commonly used to describe ongoing or planned oversight of people, processes, projects, or systems.

Regional notes: In Brazilian Portuguese, supervisionar is common in formal and professional language; in European Portuguese it is also used with similar meaning. The noun supervisão denotes the act of supervision, while supervisor or supervisora is a common loanword for a person who supervises. The term is cognate with Spanish supervisar and English supervise, and relates to broader concepts such as governance, oversight, and quality assurance.