confirmada

Confirmada is the feminine singular past participle of the Spanish verb confirmar, and it also functions as an adjective meaning "confirmed" or "verified." It is used to indicate that something has been established, verified, or approved by authority, process, or evidence. The masculine form is confirmado, and the plural forms are confirmados (masculine) and confirmadas (feminine).

Etymology: Confirmada derives from confirmar, which comes from Latin confirmare, formed from con- "with" or "together" and firmare "to make firm." The sense evolved in Romance languages to denote verification, establishment, or approval.

Usage and grammar: Confirmada is employed in journalism, science, administration, and everyday language to denote verification or validation. It commonly accompanies nouns describing facts, dates, information, or cases: “casos confirmados,” “fechas confirmadas,” “información confirmada.” It also appears in passive constructions such as “la noticia ha sido confirmada” or “la fecha confirmada.”

Cross-linguistic notes: In other Romance languages, including Portuguese and Galician, confirmada functions similarly as the feminine past participle of confirmar and is used to express that something has been verified. As with other participles, its ending agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies: confirmada, confirmadas, confirmado, confirmados.

See also: confirmar, confirmación, casos confirmados.