Infringido

Infringido is a Portuguese adjective and the past participle of infringir, used to indicate that something has been violated or breached. It is commonly employed in formal or legal language to describe rights, norms, laws, or rules that have not been respected. Phrases such as direitos infringidos or normas infringidas are typical in discussions of compliance and transgressions.

The term derives from infringir, which comes from Latin infringere, meaning to break into or to breach. The participle agrees with the noun it modifies: infringido (masculine singular), infringida (feminine singular), infringidos (masculine plural), infringidas (feminine plural). In many contexts, “infringido” signals a concrete breach of established rules, contracts, or boundaries, rather than a broader or more abstract violation.

In legal and administrative discourse, infringido is contrasted with terms like violado or quebrado, depending on the nuance. Infringimento and infração are related nominal forms used to denote the act or condition of violation; however, infringido is specifically the adjectival form describing something that has already been breached.

Translations into English typically render infringido as “infringed” or “violated,” depending on the context. The expression is widely understood in Portuguese-speaking jurisdictions to denote non-compliance with legal entitlements, contractual obligations, or normative standards, and it commonly appears in court decisions, policy documents, and compliance reports.