dependido

Dependido is a term used in Spanish and Portuguese to describe someone who relies on others or on external resources for support. In Spanish, dependido can function as the past participle of the verb depender and as an adjective, but the more common descriptor for a person who relies on others is dependiente. Dependido tends to appear in formal, legal, or bureaucratic contexts, or in verbal forms such as ha dependido (“has depended”).

In everyday usage, dependiente is typically preferred to refer to a person who depends on someone else for financial or practical support. Phrases such as dependencia económica (economic dependence) or persona dependiente (dependent person) are common in social policy, welfare, and taxation contexts. The term dependent may also describe situations or conditions rather than people, for example when something is dependiente de a specific factor, though this construction is less common in modern everyday speech.

In legal and policy contexts, dependido may appear in relation to actions or states that have occurred, as in a description of past dependence on a source of income or assistance. For example, historical texts or formal documents might use dependido to indicate that a person or entity depended on another in the past, while current status would typically be described with dependiente or dependent economic status.

In Portuguese, the corresponding term for a person who relies on others is usually dependente; dependido exists as a past participle in some verb forms but is far less common for describing a person in contemporary usage. The core idea in both languages is a relationship of reliance or need for support.