dedicada

Dedicada is the feminine singular form of the adjective dedicado in Spanish and Portuguese, used to describe someone who is devoted, committed, or highly engaged in a task or relationship. It can also describe something that is allocated or intended for a particular person or purpose, as in a dedication.

In usage, dedicación and dedicação are the corresponding nouns in Spanish and Portuguese, respectively. As an adjective, dedicadas are common in phrases such as una persona dedicada or uma pessoa dedicada, meaning a dedicated person. In sentences about works or items assigned to someone, it is common to say la obra está dedicada a alguien in Spanish or o livro é dedicado ao professor in Portuguese.

The word is primarily employed as an adjective. As a noun, dedicada is rarely used on its own; the standard noun for the act of dedicating is dedicación in Spanish or dedicação in Portuguese. When referring to a dedication page or a dedication of a work, the phrasing typically uses dedicación or dedicatória rather than dedicada.

Etymologically, dedicada derives from Latin dedicatus, the past participle of dedicare, and follows the gender and number patterns of Spanish and Portuguese adjective formation with the suffix -ada.

See also: dedication, dedicatoria, dedicação, dedicado.