Enterado

Enterado is a Spanish adjective and past participle meaning informed or aware. It describes a person who has knowledge of a fact or situation, or something about which one is informed. The term agrees in gender and number: enterado (masculine singular), enterada (feminine singular), enterados (masculine plural), enteradas (feminine plural). It is commonly used with the preposition de, as in estar enterado de algo, meaning to be aware of something or to know about it.

The related verb enterarse, which is reflexive, means to find out or to become aware of something. It is widely used in everyday speech: me enteré de la noticia, te enteraste del cambio, se enteraron de los detalles. The participle enterado can appear in constructions that convey a state resulting from having learned something, and it often functions as an adjective in formal or neutral contexts.

Common synonyms include informado, al tanto, consciente, avisado. Antonyms include ignorante, desinformado. Enterado is versatile across Spanish-speaking regions and registers; in some contexts it may be substituted with al corriente or informado without a strong change in meaning.

Usage notes: Enterado is standard in both formal and informal language. In journalism or official communications, the phrase quedar enterado is used to indicate that a person or body has received information. Gender agreement and context determine its exact form, but the core sense remains that of being informed or aware of a fact or situation.

Examples:

- Estoy enterado de los cambios en el horario.

- Ella está enterada de todo lo ocurrido.

- Los participantes quedaron enterados de las reglas.