Learn Portuguese (Portugal): Mitigamos quaisquer incidentes urgentes.

Mitigamos quaisquer incidentes urgentes.

We mitigate any urgent incidents.

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Why is the plural of qualquer formed as quaisquer instead of adding an 's' at the end?

Qualquer is a compound word originally made from qual (which) and the verb quer (wants). In Portuguese, to make this specific word plural, you pluralize the first part (qual becomes quais) and leave the second part alone. It is the only Portuguese word that pluralizes internally like this!

Does quaisquer change depending on the gender of the noun it modifies?

No, just like its singular form qualquer, the plural quaisquer is gender-neutral. Even though incidentes is a masculine noun here, you would still use quaisquer for a feminine noun (for example, quaisquer perguntas for 'any questions').

Could mitigamos also mean 'we mitigated' in the past tense?

Yes. For regular -ar verbs like mitigar, the nós (we) form is exactly the same in both the present indicative (mitigamos meaning 'we mitigate') and the preterite (mitigamos meaning 'we mitigated'). You have to rely on the broader context of the conversation to know which tense is being used.

What is the subtle difference in meaning between saying qualquer incidente (singular) and quaisquer incidentes (plural) here?