excedidos

Excedidos is the plural form of the past participle excedido, derived from the verb exceder. In both Spanish and Portuguese, excedido (and its plural excedidos) functions as an adjective meaning that something has surpassed or gone beyond a defined limit, threshold, or expected value. The term can also be used in fixed phrases to indicate that time or a deadline has passed.

In Spanish usage, excedido typically describes limits, budgets, or time. Examples include gastos excedidos (overruns or overspending), límites excedidos (limits exceeded), and tiempo excedido or tiempo excedido (time limit exceeded). It is also used in formal contexts to indicate that someone or something has surpassed an approved parameter or regulation.

In Portuguese usage, excedido has a similar sense and is commonly used with deadlines, quotas, or allowances. Expressions like prazos excedidos (overdue deadlines) and gastos excedidos (over-budget expenditures) are standard. In computing or testing contexts, phrases such as tempo de execução excedido (execution time exceeded) are used to report that a process has consumed more time than permitted.

Nominally, excedidos can refer to people or entities that have exceeded a limit, though more often the word modifies a noun describing the limit. Gender and number agreement follows the noun it modifies: satisfatória and excedidas for feminine plural, excedido and excedidos for masculine singular/plural.

Related terms include exceder (to exceed), excedente (surplus), and sobrepassar (to surpass), which cover related notions of going beyond prescribed values or capacities.

See also: exceder, excedente, límite, plazo.