Acostumadas

Acostumadas is the feminine plural form of the adjective acostumado in Portuguese and acostombrado in Spanish, used to indicate that someone or something is accustomed or habituated to something. It describes people, behaviors, or situations that have become familiar through repetition or experience. The root is related to the notion of habit or custom in both languages (costume in Portuguese, costumbre in Spanish) and is connected to verbs meaning to accustom.

In usage, acostumadas agrees with a feminine plural noun. For example, in Portuguese: "as mulheres estão acostumadas ao frio" (the women are accustomed to the cold); in Spanish: "las mujeres están acostumbradas al frío" (the women are accustomed to the cold). The phrase can similarly take an infinitive or a noun after the preposition a, as in "están acostumbradas a trabajar largas horas" (they are used to working long hours) or "acostumbradas a la lluvia" (accustomed to rain).

Notes on nuance: acostumadas conveys a state of familiarity gained through experience, often implying adaptation or resilience. It contrasts with being new or unaccustomed to something.

Related terms include costumbre/costume (habit, tradition), acostumbra/acostumbro (forms of the verb to accustom), and habituación/habituación (the broader concept of habituation) in the respective languages.

See also: costumbre, acostumbra, acostumbrar, habituación.