agradeced

Agradeced is the second‑person plural imperative form of the Spanish verb agradecer, meaning to thank or to be grateful. It is used to address a group of people (vosotros) and is most commonly found in Spain or in texts that preserve the vosotros form. As a verb form, agradeced is not a standalone lexical entry in many dictionaries, but rather a grammatical inflection used in appropriate contexts.

In use, agradeced functions as a command or exhortation to a group to express thanks or show gratitude. For example, "Agradeced al anfitrión por su hospitalidad" translates to "Be sure to thank the host for their hospitality." It can accompany direct objects or indirect objects, depending on the sentence structure, much like other imperative forms.

Agradecer, the base verb, is irregular in the present tense (yo agradezco). The imperative for vosotros is agradeced, while the corresponding ustedes form is agradezcan. In regions outside Spain where the vosotros form is not standard, or in contemporary speech, speakers often use the ustedes forms: agradezcan. The distinction among these forms is part of broader patterns of Spanish verb conjugation and regional variation.

Etymology traces agradecer to the Spanish verb family derived from Latin roots associated with gratitude and pleasing, such as gratia or gratus, with the regular Romance-language development of the -ecer verbs. Agradeced itself is a morphological variant rather than a separate lexical entry, serving a specific syntactic role within the vosotros paradigm.