mudado

Mudado is the past participle of the Portuguese verb mudar, meaning to move or to change. In standard usage, mudado functions as an adjective describing a state resulting from change or as part of compound verb forms to express a completed or ongoing change. It can relate to physical movement, changes in condition, or shifts in opinion or situation.

Form and agreement: as an adjective, mudado agrees with gender and number: mudado (masculine singular), mudada (feminine singular), mudados (masculine plural), mudadas (feminine plural). When used in compound tenses, it appears with ser, estar, or ter, as in a casa está mudada or ele tem mudado de ideia.

Etymology and usage: mudado derives from mudar, which in turn comes from Latin mutare, meaning to change. The suffix -ado is a standard past participle ending for regular -ar verbs in Portuguese. The term is common in both European and Brazilian Portuguese, with similar grammatical behavior across dialects.

Examples: "A porta está mudada desde a última inspeção." "Ele tem mudado de ideia recentemente." "A cidade ficou mudada após o incidente." "Ela mudou de casa," noting that mudar de casa uses a different construction to express a change of location, while mudado emphasizes the resulting state rather than the moment of change.