celebrado

Celebrado is the masculine singular past participle of the Spanish verb celebrar. It derives from Latin celebrare and shares its root with related terms such as celebración and celebrante. The word has several related uses and senses in contemporary Spanish.

As a participle, celebrado or celebrada is used to indicate that an event has taken place or a ceremony has been conducted. For example, la ceremonia fue celebrada el martes means “the ceremony was held on Tuesday.” In this sense, the meaning is closer to held or conducted than to a sense of festivity.

As an adjective, celebrada can describe a person, work, or achievement that has received public recognition. In modern usage, the more common word for “famous” or “well known” is célebre, but celebrada is understood and can appear in colloquial or stylistically varied writing. Examples include un artista celebrado or una obra celebrada, signaling high regard, though célebre remains the normative choice for general fame.

In some contexts, el celebrado can function as a noun meaning the person who is the focus of the celebration or honor, though this construction is uncommon. More typical terms for the honoree are homenajeado or la persona homenajeada.

See also: celebración, célebre, homenajeado, huésped de honor.