feita

Feita is the feminine singular past participle of the Portuguese verb fazer, meaning to do or to make. As a past participle, feita functions as an adjective or as part of compound verb forms to express that something has been created, completed, or produced.

In use, feita must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies. For example: a receita feita (the prepared recipe), as comidas feitas (the prepared foods), a tarefa está feita (the task is done). The masculine form is feito, as in o prato feito (the set meal) or o trabalho feito (the work done). This agreement is a key feature of past participles in Portuguese and affects how participaram phrases are constructed in different contexts.

Feita is commonly seen in phrases describing state resulting from an action, often with estar or ficar: está feita, ficou feita, já está feita. It can refer to items that have been manufactured, assembled, or finished, such as roupas feitas (made clothes) or obras feitas (completed works). The expression prato feito is a well-known Brazilian usage (PF), referring to a fixed, ready-to-serve meal, with feitos agreeing to the masculine noun prato.

Etymology traces feita to the verb fazer, which comes from Latin facere. As a past participle, feita is related to other Romance languages’ equivalent forms, adapted to Portuguese gender agreement rules.

See also: fazer, feito, participação verbal, português gramática.