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Creado is the past participle of the Spanish verb crear (to create). It functions as an adjective meaning that something has been made or produced, and it must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies: un objeto creado, una obra creada; los objetos creados, las obras creadas. It is also used in compound tenses with haber (he creado, has creado) and in the passive voice with ser or estar (fue creado, fue creada; han sido creados).

In usage, creado emphasizes the result of the act of creating. When used in the passive, it often appears as “fue creado/fue creada” or in present perfect forms like “ha sido creado” to indicate that the creation happened previously and bears relevance to the present. The neuter form lo creado is a common noun-like use meaning “what has been created” or “the creation,” as in lo creado por la tecnología.

The word is derived from Latin creare and shares cognates with other Romance languages. It is distinct from criar and its participle criado, which comes from a different verb meaning to raise or to breed; although they look similar, they belong to separate roots and have different meanings.

Related terms include creación (the act or process of creating), creador/creadora (the creator), and creadamente (rare adverbial form related to creation). In everyday Spanish, elegido contexts usually prefer crear/creación and the corresponding participles rather than treating creado as a standalone noun.