marcadas

Marcadas is a term used in Portuguese and Spanish to denote the feminine plural form of the adjective marcado, meaning marked, noted, or distinguished. It is employed to describe nouns that bear marks, signs, or distinctive features. In everyday language, marcadas commonly appears with feminine plural nouns, for example linhas marcadas (marked lines), manchas marcadas (distinctive spots), or peças marcadas (marked parts).

Etymology traces marcadas to the verb marcar, from Latin marcāre, with the suffix -ada forming adjectives and related nouns in Romance languages. The form reflects gender and number agreement, with masculine plural being marcados and feminine singular marcado.

In usage, marcadas appears across several contexts. In descriptive writing, it highlights observable features or differentiating marks on objects, surfaces, or animals, such as manchas marcadas or peças marcadas. In Spanish, phrases like señales marcadas or huellas marcadas function similarly. In music notation or performance instructions in Iberian languages, marcadas can be used to refer to notes or passages performed with emphasis, akin to a marcato or accented attack.

Marcadas can also occur as a proper noun in toponyms or titles in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking regions, though such uses are place-specific and vary by locale. When used as a general adjective, the term conveys the presence of marks, distinctions, or highlighted characteristics that set an item apart from others. See also: marcado, marcación.