escritos

Escritos is a term used in Spanish and Portuguese to refer to written works in general. It encompasses a wide range of texts, including letters, articles, essays, treatises, and books. In a broad sense, the word denotes any product of writing or, more specifically, the body of works produced by an author. In everyday usage, it can indicate literary, academic, or journalistic texts, or the complete output of a writer, as in a collection titled Escritos.

The word derives from escrito, the past participle of escribir, itself from the Latin scribere. As a linguistic category, escritos often function as a bibliographic or cataloging label that groups texts by genre, author, or purpose. In library and archival contexts, a publisher or scholar might organize material under series such as Escritos, Escrito completo, or Escrito crítico to signal a collected or selected set of writings.

In religious contexts, particularly within Jewish and some Christian traditions in Spanish, Escritos refers to the Writings (Ketuvim), the third division of the Hebrew Bible. This section includes poetic and miscellaneous writings such as Psalms, Proverbs, Job, and Chronicles. The term thus carries both secular and sacred connotations, depending on the context.

See also: Writings, Obras, Escritos en bibliografía.