interrompidas

Interrompidas is the feminine plural form of the participle interrompido, the past participle of the Portuguese verb interromper. In usage, interrompidas functions primarily as an adjective or as part of a passive voice construction, agreeing in gender and number with the noun it modifies. The term denotes actions, events, or objects that have been brought to an interruption or break.

Etymology and form: interromper comes from Latin interrumpere, from inter- “between” and rumpere “to break.” The feminine plural form interrompidas is used when the noun it qualifies is feminine and plural, for example: ações interrompidas (interrupted actions), ligações interrompidas (interrupted connections).

Usage: As an adjective, interrompidas describes things that were interrupted. It commonly appears in sentences with auxiliary verbs such as ter, estar, or ter sido in periphrastic passive constructions: As ligações foram interrompidas, as chamadas estão interrompidas, as obras permaneceram interrompidas. It can also function in attributive or predicative positions: A comunicação interrompida causou atrasos.

Common contexts: media reports, technical writing, legal language, and narrative prose frequently use interrompidas to convey a completed interruption. It is not a stand-alone noun; rather, it relies on its agreement with a preceding noun.

Related forms: The masculine singular é interrompido, feminine singular é interrompida, and plural forms como interrompidos (masculino) or interrompidas (feminino). The verb’s other participles and tenses (interromper, interrompido, interrompendo) provide a range of related constructions.

See also: interromper, particípio passado, voz passiva, concordância verbal.