Cancelada

Cancelada is the feminine singular past participle of the Spanish verb cancelar, used to indicate that something has been canceled. It agrees with feminine nouns, as in una reserva cancelada, la cita cancelada, or la gira cancelada. The masculine form is cancelado, and lo cancelado can function as a noun referring to what has been canceled.

Etymology traces cancelada to Latin cancellare, meaning to cross out or erase, through the usual Romance-language developments. Related forms include cancelación, the noun for “cancellation,” and cancelable, meaning capable of being canceled.

In everyday usage, cancelada appears in both informal speech and formal writing to report changes in plans, schedules, or agreements. It is commonly attached to events, bookings, contracts, or transportation: El vuelo fue cancelado por la tormenta; La reserva fue cancelada sin penalización. Although primarily an adjective, the term can appear in headlines or brief notes where the feminine gender matches the noun it modifies.

Notes:

- It is the feminine form; cancelado is used for masculine nouns.

- The noun form for the act is cancelación.

- The concept is closely related to the broader idea of cancellation and, in contemporary discourse, to the phenomenon of cancel culture, which in Spanish is often phrased as cultura de la cancelación rather than using cancelada directly.