trazem

Trazem is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Portuguese verb trazer, meaning to bring. It is used to indicate that multiple subjects bring something in the present. The form is generally equivalent to “they bring” in English, and appears in sentences with a plural subject such as eles ou elas.

Travar through the conjugation, trazer is an irregular verb. The standard present indicative forms are: eu trago, tu trazes, ele/ela traz, nós trazemos, vós trazéis (or, in many dialects, vós trazais), eles/elas trazem. The form trazem corresponds to the third-person plural subject: eles trazem as coisas, elas trazem as bebidas, etc. In contemporary Brazilian Portuguese, voce(s) often accompanies the present tense as a pronoun for you all, as in vocês trazem.

Usage notes include that trazer takes a direct object, so trazem is commonly followed by a noun: “Eles trazem os livros.” The verb can also be used metaphorically, as in “trazer notícias” or “trazer uma ideia,” to indicate introduction or delivery of information or items. The imperfect and other tenses use corresponding stems, but the pronunciation and spelling of the present tense remain centered on traz-.

Etymology: trazer is of Latin origin, derived from a verb in the Latin family meaning to pull or haul, with Portuguese development of the root into traz- and the modern irregular conjugation. The spelling and pronunciation reflect these historical phonetic changes within the Portuguese verb system.