publicada

Publicada is the feminine singular past participle of the Spanish verb publicar, used as an adjective or a passive participle meaning published or made public. It agrees with feminine nouns and can form gendered plural as publicadas (feminine plural), while masculine forms are publicados and publicadas in contexts that require feminine agreement. It is commonly found in phrases such as una noticia publicada or las ediciones publicadas.

Etymology and relation to related forms

Publicada derives from publicar, which comes from Latin publicare, related to publicus “of the people” or public. The word shares cognates in related Iberian languages, where feminine forms align with the noun they modify. The noun publicación (publication) is a closely related term, emphasizing the action or result of making something public.

Usage and examples

Publicada describes items that have been released or disseminated. It can modify nouns directly: la noticia publicada, la obra publicada, la versión publicada. It can also appear in predicative constructions: la lista está publicada, la investigación ya publicada. In legal, journalistic, and scholarly texts, it helps distinguish material that is currently accessible to the public from drafts or unpublished versions.

Variants and cross-language notes

In Portuguese and Galician, the feminine form publicada is also used with similar meaning. Other related terms include publicar (to publish), publicación (publication), and publicable (capable of being published) in contexts that borrow or translate technical vocabulary.

See also: publicar, publicación, publicable.