Culminados

Culminados is the plural form of the past participle culminado, derived from culminar, a Spanish verb meaning to reach the highest point or final stage. Culminado is used as an adjective or participial form, and culminados agrees with masculine plural nouns (culminados) and culminadas with feminine plural nouns.

Usage and meaning: The term describes something that has been brought to a conclusion or reached its peak. It is common in formal, technical, or administrative language. Examples: "Los proyectos culminados este año superaron las metas" or "Las fases culminadas de la investigación permitieron presentar resultados definitivos." The expression signals completion, achievement, or finalization of a process, plan, or set of tasks.

In scientific and academic contexts, the verb culminar is used to denote reaching a maximum or final point; the noun culminación is more typical to denote the concept of culmination, such as "la culminación de un proceso" or "la culminación de la jornada." The adjective culminado or culminados is typically employed to describe entities that have attained that state.

Etymology: Culminar comes from Latin culmen, culminis, meaning "peak" or "summit." The term entered Spanish with the sense of attaining the highest point and later extended to describe completion or finalization in various domains.

Notes: While culminación is a common noun in many technical contexts, culminados as a plural adjective is most often found in ordinary or formal prose describing completed tasks, phases, goals, or projects. The form agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies.