administrado

Administrado is a grammatical form in Spanish and Portuguese, functioning mainly as the past participle of the verb administrar. It is used as an adjective meaning “administered” or “managed,” and can describe things that have already undergone an act of administration or management. In medical, legal, and economic contexts, it appears in phrases such as dose administrada (administered dose), precios administrados (administered or controlled prices), or sistema administrado (an administered system).

In both Spanish and Portuguese, the word has gendered forms. The masculine singular is administrado, the feminine singular is administrada, the masculine plural administrados, and the feminine plural administradas. The past participle can be combined with auxiliary verbs in compound tenses, for example, ha administrado in Spanish or tem administrado in Portuguese, but when used as an adjective it agrees with the noun it modifies, as in dosis administrada or sistema administrado.

As a noun, administrado is less common and varies by jurisdiction. In some civil-law texts, it can refer to a person whose assets or interests are placed under administration by another person or entity, similar to a ward or beneficiary in the context of guardianship or fiduciary administration. The exact usage and acceptance of administrado as a noun depend on regional legal terminology.

Etymology traces administrado to the verb administrar, from Latin administrare, with the prefix ad- and the root ministrare.

See also: administrar, administración, administrado (noun usage in legal contexts), administered dose, administered prices.