Acurada

Acurada is the feminine singular form of the Portuguese adjective acurado, meaning precise, exact, or thorough. It is used to describe information, analyses, measurements, or work that has been checked for accuracy and completeness. Examples include informação acurada (accurate information), análise acurada (thorough analysis), and dados acurados (accurate data). The masculine form acurado is used with masculine nouns, as in relatório acurado (a precise report), and the plural masculine form acurados for plural data, as in dados acurados.

The word acurado derives from Latin accuratus, through the development of Portuguese. The sense conveyed by acurado emphasizes careful verification and attention to detail, rather than mere fullness or completeness. In everyday use, acurada is common in formal or technical writing, journalism, research reports, and official documents where precision is important.

Usage notes and related terms: acurada conveys a sense of reliability and verification. It is often contrasted with terms like preciso or exato, which emphasize correctness or mathematical accuracy, and with cuidadoso, which stresses thorough care in process. While acurado can describe people, processes, or results, its strongest nuance lies in the accuracy and trustworthiness of information or findings. Female nouns take acurada, while masculine nouns take acurado, and plurals align with the gender and number of the modified noun (e.g., informação acurada, relatório acurado, dados acurados).

See also: acurado, preciso, exato, cuidadoso, accuratus (Latin root).