fatigadas

Fatigadas is the feminine plural form of the past participle adjective fatigado/fatigada in Spanish and Portuguese, used to describe people, objects, or phenomena that have become tired, worn out, or fatigued. It functions as an ordinary descriptive modifier that agrees in gender and number with the noun it accompanies.

Etymology and usage context

The term derives from the Latin fatigare, meaning to tire or exhaust. In both languages, fatigadas can refer to physical tiredness in people after activity, fatigue in animal subjects, or wear and deterioration in inanimate things. It can also be used metaphorically to describe extended or accumulated strain, such as fatigada infrastructure after long use or fatigadas hojas expuestas al clima.

Examples

In Portuguese: As pessoas fatigadas deixaram o ginásio. As roupas fatigadas pelo uso precisavam de lavagem. In Spanish: Las personas fatigadas descansaron después de la caminata. Las hojas fatigadas por el viento cayeron tarde.

Technical and scientific usage

In engineering and materials science, fatigadas describes components that have developed fatigue damage from repeated loading, such as "componentes fatigadas" o "superficies fatigadas." In such contextes, the term signals that a part has surpassed a threshold of microscopic crack growth or wear.

Notes

Fatigadas is not a proper noun and should not be confused with other forms like fatigado/fatigada (singular) or with terms meaning fatigue in a broader sense. It is used across texts in everyday language as well as in technical discourse.