funcionado

Funcionado is the past participle of the Spanish verb funcionar, meaning to function or operate. As a participle it appears in compound tenses with haber, as in ha funcionado and han funcionado, indicating that something has functioned or operated. It can also function as an adjective in contexts that describe a completed operation, but in everyday usage the present participle funcionar, forming funcionando, or the phrase en funcionamiento is more common to denote ongoing operation. For example: El motor ha funcionado sin problemas. La máquina está funcionando correctamente.

In typical technical and formal writing, funcionado is used primarily to form perfect tenses and passive constructions. When describing current state, Spanish speakers more often say que está funcionando or que está en funcionamiento rather than using funcionando as an adjective with a past participle, though both forms exist depending on the sentence.

Etymology and related forms: función is the root noun meaning function or functioning, and funcionar is the verb. The past participle is funciona do, giving functionado when used as a participle. Related terms include funcionamiento (the act or state of functioning) and funcional (functional), which describe capability or purpose rather than a completed action.

Translations and usage notes: in English, funcional can be translated as functional, and the participle funcionado corresponds to functioned or has functioned, as in "the system has functioned well." In contexts emphasizing current operation, use "en funcionamiento" or "funcionando." The term is common in engineering, electronics, and maintenance documentation in Spanish-speaking regions.