determinados

Determinados is the masculine plural form of the adjective determinado in Spanish and Portuguese. It denotes that a noun is specific, fixed, or defined, and it agrees with the noun in gender and number. The feminine plural is determinadas, and the singular forms are determinado and determinada. The word derives from Latin determinatus, meaning bound, fixed, or decided. In addition to its adjectival use, determinado can function as the past participle of determinar in verb phrases, especially in compound tenses or passive expressions.

In Spanish, determinados modifies masculine plural nouns, as in factores determinados or casos determinados. It can appear in predicate position after ser or estar: Los resultados están determinados por el protocolo. The term is common in formal contexts such as legal, technical, and academic writing, where it helps specify criteria, conditions, or elements.

In Portuguese, the use mirrors Spanish: determinados factors, condições determinadas, fatos determinados, for example. It is frequently employed in formal prose to indicate elements defined by data, analysis, or criteria. In philosophical or scientific discourse, the word may occur in discussions of determined states or events, contrasted with indeterminados.

See also: determinante, determinismo, determiner, determinación, determinismo. Notes: while related to the broader concept of determination, determinandos is not itself a separate grammatical category like determiner in Spanish or Portuguese; determiners are a distinct class of words, and determinados sits within adjectives and participial forms.