plegados

Plegados is the plural form of plegado, a term in Spanish that refers to the act of folding or to things that have been folded. As an adjective, plegado describes an object in its folded state. The verb plegar comes from the Latin plicare, meaning to fold, and plegado is the resulting past participle used in various technical and everyday contexts.

In textiles and fashion, the concept is closely related to folds or pleats in fabric. While pliegues is the more common word for folds in many dialects of Spanish, plegados can appear in regional usage or in descriptions that emphasize the resulting folded form of a garment or piece of material. In garments, folds can affect both fit and aesthetic, contributing to volume, drape, and style.

In printing, paper, and packaging, plegados describe portions of material that have been folded, such as brochures, maps, or folded sheets. In origami and crafts, the term can appear alongside other fold-related terms to indicate layers or sequences of folds that create a figure or structure.

In engineering and manufacturing, plegados may refer to sheet metal bends or folded features in components, describing how a flat sheet is transformed into a three-dimensional part. While pliegues is commonly used for everyday language about folds, plegados remains a valid term when emphasizing the folded state or a collection of folded elements.

See also: pliegue, doblado, plegado, plegado (adjective).