Garantida

Garantida is the feminine singular past participle of the Portuguese verb garantir, used as an adjective meaning guaranteed or ensured. It appears in both Brazilian and European Portuguese and can modify feminine nouns or function in passive-like constructions to indicate that a guarantee or assurance has been provided. The masculine form is garantido, and the plural forms are garantidas and garantidos.

In usage, garantida mainly appears in legal, contractual, and technical contexts, often in phrases such as “condições garantidas pelo contrato” or “serviço com garantia garantida.” More common everyday phrasing for the same idea is to use the noun garantia, as in “com garantia de dois anos,” or to use the masculine form when referring to a masculine noun, as in “produto garantido.” When used as an adjective, garantida agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies, for example, “políticas garantidas” or “condições garantidas.”

Etymology is straightforward: garantida derives from the verb garantir (to guarantee) plus the feminine singular past participle ending -ida. The term shares cognates in related Romance languages, where similar participles express the sense of being guaranteed or ensured.

See also: garantir, garantia, garantido, garantias legais, garantias comerciais.