especificada

Especificada is a feminine singular form of the past participle of the Spanish verb especificar and, similarly, a feminine singular form in Portuguese from especificar. As an adjective, especificada means "specified" or "specifically indicated" and agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies (for example, la fecha especificada, as especificadas). It can also appear in compound tenses of the verb haber, where the participle may agree with a preceding direct object.

In both Spanish and Portuguese, the full set of participial forms from the verb especificar includes especificado (masculine singular), especificada (feminine singular), especificados (masculine plural), and especificadas (feminine plural). These forms are common in technical, legal, administrative, and academic texts to denote information that has been clearly identified or named. For example: "los parámetros especificados" or "os parâmetros especificados." The feminine form is routinely used when the noun it describes is feminine, such as "la especificación" being the related noun in Spanish, or "a especificação" in Portuguese.

Etymology traces back to Latin via the verb especificar, itself from roots related to species or form and to making something specific or precise. Related terms include especificación (español) or especificação (português) for the noun form “specification,” and the verb especificar itself, used across many domains to require or announce particular details.

Overall, especificada functions as a gendered adjective and participle in both languages, signaling that certain details, parameters, or elements have been precisely identified or named. Its usage is most frequent in formal or technical contexts.