condicionado

Condicionado is the past participle of the verb condicionar and functions as an adjective in Spanish and Portuguese, meaning that something has been subjected to a condition or treatment, or is dependent on external factors. It is widely used in everyday language and in technical contexts. A familiar example is aire acondicionado, Spanish for air conditioning, where the participle forms part of a compound noun describing a conditioning system.

In psychology, condicionado is used to describe learning phenomena based on association. Examples include reflejo condicionado (conditioned reflex), condicionamiento clásico (classical conditioning), and condicionamiento operante (operant conditioning). The corresponding unconditioned forms are reflejo incondicionado (unconditioned reflex) and estímulo incondicionado (unconditioned stimulus).

In everyday use and in engineering contexts, condicionado describes objects or spaces prepared to meet particular requirements, such as air-conditioned buildings or vehicles, and products that have undergone a conditioning process to improve quality, safety, or comfort.

See also condicionar, condicionamiento, aire acondicionado, reflejo condicionado, reflejo incondicionado, estímulo incondicionado, condicionamiento clásico, and condicionamiento operante.