expresado

Expresado is the past participle of the Spanish verb expresar and is used as an adjective to indicate that something has been expressed or stated. It can modify nouns with gender and number agreement: una idea expresada, ideas expresadas; un mensaje expresado; un resultado expresado claramente. It also occurs in compound tense forms with haber, as in ha expresado or había expresado, and in passive-like constructions such as fue expresado or fue expresada.

Etymology: Expresado derives from expresar, which comes from Latin expressus, the past participle of exprimere, meaning to press out or bring forth. The sense evolved in Spanish to include making something explicit through words or signs.

Usage: In contemporary Spanish, expresar is the active verb form (expreso, exprimes, expresa, expresamos, expresan), while expresado is used primarily in written or formal contexts to describe what has been communicated. The participle functions as an adjective and must agree with the noun it modifies. It should not be confused with expreso, the first-person present tense form of expresar, or with the unrelated noun express (in English).

Examples: La idea fue expresada con claridad. El informe expresa un resultado expresado por varios expertos. Esa opinión fue expresada por todos los participantes.

See also: Expresar, Expresión, Expresividad.