flutuado

Flutuado is the past participle of the verb flutuar in Portuguese. As an adjective, it denotes that something has been made to float or exists in a floating state. In everyday language, flutuado is less common than flutuante, which more precisely describes something that is currently buoyant or suspended in a liquid or in the air. The distinction between flutuado and flutuante is subtle and context-dependent; flutuado emphasizes a result or process (having been floated), while flutuante emphasizes the ongoing condition.

In technical usage, flutuado may appear in compound terms or fixed phrases in Brazilian Portuguese, particularly in scientific or historical texts. In nautical and offshore engineering, terms such as plataforma flutuante or objeto flutuante are standard; but flutuante is the usual adjective for the state of floating. In computing and digital contexts, the concept of floating-point numbers is typically expressed with phrases like ponto flutuante or números de ponto flutuante; occasional informal writing may use "valor flutuado" to refer to a floating value.

Related terms include flutuar (to float), flutuante (floating, adjective), and flutuação (floatation or buoyancy). See also: buoyancy, flotation, ponto flutuante.