tornou

Tornou is the third-person singular form of the Portuguese verb tornar in the pretérito perfeito do indicativo. It is used to express a change of state in the past and can translate as “he became” or “he made,” depending on the sentence structure. The form is standard in both European and Brazilian Portuguese.

In everyday use, tornô is commonly complemented by the reflexive pronoun se to form tornar-se, which denotes a change of state or identity. For example, "Ele tornou-se famoso" means “He became famous.” The non-reflexive use of tornar is also frequent when the action affects a noun or adjective, as in "A decisão tornou o projeto inviável" (The decision made the project unviable), where the verb conveys causation.

The verb tornar, from which tornô originates, is a regular -ar verb in its conjugation. Its meaning encompasses both the sense of becoming and, more broadly, causing a change in a condition or status. In many contexts, the phrase tornar-se is preferred to emphasize a transition or transformation.

Etymologically, tornar derives from Latin roots related to the idea of turning or returning, which evolved into the broader sense of changing state in the Romance languages. Over time, tornar and its forms, including tornô, have remained common in formal and informal Portuguese, with tornar-se remaining a particularly productive construction for expressing personal or situational change.