Captada

Captada is the feminine singular past participle of captar in Spanish and Portuguese, functioning as an adjective as well as a passive participle. It denotes that something has been captured, recorded, understood, or attracted, depending on the context. It agrees with the noun it modifies (for example, una imagen captada, la información captada). The masculine singular form is captado, and the plural forms are captados (masculine) and captadas (feminine).

In Spanish usage, captada is common in media, photography, and reporting to describe material that has been obtained or recorded by a device or process. Examples include la imagen captada por la cámara de seguridad (the image captured by the security camera) or la información captada durante la investigación (the information obtained during the investigation). It can also describe attention or interest that has been attracted, as in la atención captada por la campaña.

In Portuguese, captada appears similarly as the feminine form of the past participle of captar. It is used with feminine nouns to indicate something that has been captured or received, for instance a imagem captada pela câmera or as atenções captadas pela campanha. The masculine forms captado and captados are used with masculine nouns.

Etymologically, captada derives from captar, which in turn comes from Latin capere, meaning to seize or grasp. The word appears widely in Spanish- and Portuguese-language contexts to convey ideas of capture, capturement, or acquisition, whether literal (a image or video) or figurative (attention, funds, or information).