Questions & Answers about Quatro documentos estão prontos.
Because the subject is quatro documentos, which is plural. In Portuguese, the verb has to agree with the subject.
- documento = singular
- documentos = plural
So:
- O documento está pronto. = The document is ready.
- Os documentos estão prontos. = The documents are ready.
Since quatro documentos means four documents, the verb must be plural: estão.
Pronto is an adjective, and in Portuguese adjectives usually agree with the noun in gender and number.
Here, the noun is documentos:
- documento = masculine singular
- documentos = masculine plural
So the adjective must also be masculine plural:
- pronto = masculine singular
- prontos = masculine plural
Examples:
- O documento está pronto.
- Os documentos estão prontos.