Influïda

Influïda is a Catalan feminine singular past participle of the verb influir (to influence). It functions as an adjective or passive construction to indicate that a subject has been affected or shaped by external factors, ideas, or people. The masculine singular form is influït. In Catalan orthography, the diaeresis on the ï in influït and influïda marks that the i is pronounced as a separate vowel, helping to indicate correct syllabification and pronunciation.

Usage of influïda is common in journalism, sociology, politics, and everyday language to describe situations where outcomes or opinions have been shaped by influence rather than occurring independently. It can modify feminine singular nouns, for example: La decisió està influïda per recomanacions externes. When used as a past participle in longer verb constructions, it agrees in gender with the subject.

Etymology traces influïda to influir, which derives from Latin influere, meaning to flow into or to exert influence. The term is closely related to influència, the Catalan noun for “influence,” and to verb forms such as influir and influït, which share the same root and semantic field.

Overall, influïda denotes a state of being influenced and is a standard grammatical form in Catalan to express how external factors have affected a subject.