enunciadas

Enunciadas is a term used in Spanish to refer to statements that have been enunciated or stated within a discourse. It is the feminine plural form of the participial adjective enunciada, derived from the verb enunciar. In linguistic and rhetorical contexts, enunciadas are the content pieces of communication—the propositions, ideas, or claims articulated by a speaker or author.

In practice, enunciadas are usually described within relation to enunciados, the standard noun for a unit of discourse that conveys a proposition. The form enunciadas is often employed when the modifying element is feminine or when the emphasis is on the content that has already been stated, for example, enunciadas ideas, enunciadas proposiciones. The more neutral or common term in many grammars is enunciados, with enunciadas functioning as a descriptive or attributive variant.

Usage and scope include discourse analysis, rhetoric, philosophy of language, and grammar. Analysts may distinguish between the act of enunciation (the act of producing an utterance) and the enunciado or enunciadas (the content of what is stated). In this sense, enunciadas refer to the content items that form part of a larger argument or text, rather than to the act itself.

Etymology traces enunciadas to enunciar, with the suffix -ada forming a past participle adjective, and the feminine plural agreeing with the noun it modifies. While not a separate technical category in all grammars, enunciadas appears in scholarly writing to emphasize the stated content within a discussion. See also enunciado, enunciación, proposición.