Viajado

Viajado is the past participle of the Spanish verb viajar, meaning to travel. It is used to form perfect tenses with the auxiliary haber, as in he viajado, has viajado, hemos viajado, and so on. In sentences, viajado can also function as an adjective describing someone who has traveled extensively, though this adjectival use is less common than the noun phrase viajero for “traveler.”

Etymology and formation: viajar is a regular -ar verb. The past participle is formed by removing the -ar and adding -ado, yielding viajado. The word agrees in gender and number when used adjectivally: un viajado (masc), una viajada (fem), unos viajados, unas viajadas. When used in compound tenses, it does not change to reflect gender or number of the subject.

Usage notes:

- As a verbal participle, viajado appears in perfect tenses with haber: he viajado, has viajado, hemos viajado, etc.

- As an adjective, it can denote someone with travel experience: una persona muy viajada. In many contexts, however, “viajero” or “viajada” is more common to describe a traveler rather than a person who has traveled.

- The phrase bien viajado is used figuratively to describe someone worldly or cosmopolitan, though this sense can be tied more closely to context than to a fixed expression.

See also: viajar, viajero, viaje.