pretendidos

Pretendidos is a term used in both Spanish and Portuguese as the masculine plural form of the participial adjective pretendido. It derives from the verb pretender, which comes from Latin praetendere, meaning to present or claim something. The participle pretendido carries senses such as claimed, alleged, intended, or sought after. The feminine forms are pretendidas (Spanish) and pretendid as appropriate in Portuguese, with corresponding plural forms.

In Spanish, pretendido functions as an adjective to describe something that is desired, expected, or presented as the subject of a claim. It is common in formal writing and journalism. For example: las medidas pretendidas por el gobierno (the measures intended or sought by the government) or los hechos pretendidos por el demandante (the facts alleged by the plaintiff). In legal contexts, pretendido often appears in phrases such as derechos pretendidos or beneficios pretendidos, referring to the rights or benefits that a party asserts or seeks in a dispute.

In Portuguese, pretendido has a similar range of meanings: desired, aimed at, or intended. Examples include os objetivos pretendidos pelo projeto (the objectives sought by the project) or os direitos pretendidos pelo autor (the rights claimed by the author). In legal texts, a similar usage is found with direitos pretendidos to denote the rights that a party asserts.

Relation to related terms: Pretender and pretensión (or pretensão in Portuguese) are closely connected; pretensión denotes the act or claim itself, while pretendido describes the thing claimed or sought. Usage varies by gender and number, with pretendi do/pretendida and pretendidos/pretendidas as appropriate.