determinadas

Determinadas is the feminine plural form of the Spanish adjective determinado/determinada, meaning "determined," "fixed," or "specific." It agrees in gender and number with feminine plural nouns, as in determinadas condiciones or determinadas personas. The masculine plural form is determinados, and the feminine singular is determinada. In usage, determinadas signals a subset that has been identified or specified within a broader group, often conveying a sense of precision or selectivity rather than generality.

The word derives from the verb determinar, which comes from the Latin determinare, meaning to bound, define, or decide. In contemporary Spanish, determinadas emphasizes that something has been defined or chosen rather than left open.

In Portuguese, determ inadas functions similarly as the feminine plural of determinado, used to indicate specific or fixed items, reflecting the shared Romance-language heritage of the term.

In mathematical or formal contexts, determinadas can describe values, variables, or solutions that are fixed by constraints, as in valores determinados, where the reference is to a defined set of outcomes rather than a general or arbitrary one.

Examples illustrate nuance: "Determinadas personas rechazaron la invitación" implies a specific subset known in context, whereas a phrase like "todas las personas" would refer to the entire group. Determinadas thus function as a precise, context-dependent qualifier in Spanish.