representativas

Representativas is the feminine plural form of the adjective representativo in Spanish and Portuguese. It is used to describe nouns that are typical, emblematic, or indicative of a larger group. As an adjective, representativas agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies, for example: muestras representativas (representative samples) or figuras representativas (representative figures).

In Spanish, representativas commonly appears in contexts such as statistics, sociology, and politics. Phrases like muestras representativas refer to samples that reflect the characteristics of the population from which they are drawn. In social and political language, the term can also describe female figures who are seen as representatives of a community or group, as in figuras representativas de la comunidad.

In Portuguese, representativas similarly functions as the feminine plural form of representativo. It is used to describe feminine nouns such as amostras representativas (representative samples) or figuras representativas (representative figures). It is important to note that, in Portuguese, the ordinary noun for a person who represents others is representant e, in practice, the plural representants es (or simply representantes for mixed or masculine groups). Therefore, representativas is primarily an adjective, not a common standalone noun.

Etymology traces representativas to the Latin representativus, from repraesentare “to present, to represent.” Related terms include representatividad or representatividade (representativeness) in Spanish and representatividade in Portuguese.