Tabulado

Tabulado is an adjective used in Spanish and Portuguese to describe information that has been organized into a tabular form or presented in rows and columns. The term derives from tabula, a Latin word for a tablet or tablet-like surface, and is related to the English tabulated or tabular and the noun tabulación or tabular data in respective languages.

In practice, tabulado refers to data, lists, or results that have been arranged into one or more tables to facilitate comparison, analysis, and reference. It is commonly used in statistics, research reports, and data processing to indicate that information is structured for easy scanning and retrieval. For example, a dataset tabulado might present variables such as time, category, and measured value in aligned columns.

In Spanish, tabulación denotes the act or result of tabulating, while tabulado describes the state of being formatted as a table. In Portuguese, tabulado carries a similar meaning and is often used in technical or academic contexts. The terms tabulación, tabular, and tabular data are the closest equivalents in related languages and English.

Related concepts include tabulation, tabular data, spreadsheets, and relational databases, all of which deal with organizing information in a grid-like structure. Tabulado emphasizes the formatted, tabular presentation of information, rather than the content itself.