transformou

Transformou is a verb form in Portuguese, appearing as the third-person singular of the verb transformar in the pretérito perfeito do indicativo (the simple past). It corresponds to combinations such as ele transformou, ela transformou, or você transformou, depending on the pronoun used. The form signals a completed action of transforming or changing something in the past.

Etymology and grammar notes: transformou is derived from the infinitive transformar, with the standard -ar verb ending for the third-person singular in the past tense. In European Portuguese, this form is also the typical spoken form for the past tense of ele/ela; in Brazilian Portuguese, it is commonly used with você as well, since você takes the third-person singular conjugation. This contrasts with the corresponding imperfect or future tenses, which would use different endings.

Usage: In writing and speech, transformou is used to narrate a past event in which a transformation occurred. It can describe changes to objects, ideas, situations, or environments, often implying completion or a decisive result. It frequently appears in anecdotes, reports, and descriptive passages.

Examples:

- Ele transformou uma ideia vaga em um projeto concreto.

- A cidade transformou-se após as obras de revitalização.

- Você transformou o que parecia impossível em realidade.

Related considerations: As a common past-tense verb form, transformou participates in various composite tenses with auxiliary verbs, such as ter transformado in the perfect or mais-que-perfeito constructions. It is a regular form for -ar verbs in the third-person singular, and its usage is consistent across standard Brazilian and European Portuguese, with regional preference for pronouns affecting the surrounding sentence structure.