Destruídas

Destruídas is the feminine plural form of the past participle of the verbs destruir in Portuguese and Spanish. It functions primarily as an adjective meaning “destroyed” or “ruined” and agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies. In many contexts it also appears in phrase constructions indicating completed action.

In Portuguese, destruídas is used with feminine plural nouns (for example, as casas destruídas) to describe objects that have suffered damage. It can appear predicatively, as in “as casas estão destruídas,” or attributively, as in “as casas destruídas.” The form is derived from the verb destruir and can be part of compound tenses when combined with auxiliary verbs.

In Spanish, destruídas is the feminine plural form of the past participle of destruir and mirrors the usage in Portuguese. It describes feminine plural nouns that have been destroyed, such as “las ciudades destruídas.” It can appear in passive voice constructions (“las ciudades fueron destruídas”) or as a descriptive adjective (“ciudades destruidas”).

Etymologically, destruídas derives from destruir, itself from Latin destruere, formed with the prefix de- and the root stru- relating to tearing apart. The feminine plural form reflects agreement with the nouns it modifies in both languages.

See also: destrucción (Spanish for destruction); destruição (Portuguese for destruction); destruir (the verb).