determinado

Galician

Participle

determinado (feminine determinada, masculine plural determinados, feminine plural determinadas)

1. past participle of determinar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēterminātus, perfect passive participle of dēterminō (“to delimit; to define”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.teʁ.miˈna.du/ [de.teɦ.miˈna.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.teʁ.miˈna.du/ [de.teɦ.miˈna.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.teɾ.miˈna.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.teʁ.miˈna.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.teɻ.miˈna.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.tɨɾ.miˈna.du/ [dɨ.tɨɾ.miˈna.ðu]

• Hyphenation: de‧ter‧mi‧na‧do

Adjective

determinado (feminine determinada, masculine plural determinados, feminine plural determinadas, comparable, comparative mais determinado, superlative o mais determinado or determinadíssimo)

1. determinate; ascertained

   Isso já é um facto determinado. ― This is already an ascertained fact.

2. determined; resolute; unyielding in the pursuit of something

   Estou determinado a ler este livro. ― I’m determined to read this book.

3. set; fixed; scheduled

   Encontramo-nos no dia e local determinados. ― We met at the set date and place.

4. particular; specific

   Adquirir uma entidade que tem capacidade de operar num determinado mercado tem valor. ― To acquired an entity that has the capability to operate in a particular market has value.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:determinado.

Determiner

determinado (feminine determinada, masculine plural determinados, feminine plural determinadas)

1. (adjectival, formal) certain (having been determined but unspecified)

   Synonyms: algum, certo

   Determinadas pessoas nunca leem. ― Certain people never read.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:determinado.

Noun

determinado m (plural determinados)

1. (grammar) determiner (dependent function in a noun phrase)

   Synonym: determinante

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:determinado.

Participle

determinado (feminine determinada, masculine plural determinados, feminine plural determinadas)

1. past participle of determinar

Further reading

• “determinado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “determinado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēterminātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deteɾmiˈnado/ [d̪e.t̪eɾ.miˈna.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: de‧ter‧mi‧na‧do

Adjective

determinado (feminine determinada, masculine plural determinados, feminine plural determinadas)

1. determinate
2. specific; particular

   Synonyms: específico, particular

3. certain

   Synonyms: seguro, cierto

Derived terms

• artículo determinado

Related terms

• indeterminado

Participle

determinado (feminine determinada, masculine plural determinados, feminine plural determinadas)

1. past participle of determinar

Further reading

• “determinado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025