No. 1,482 in Portuguese
causado
Caused.
In a sentence
O acidente foi causado por negligência.
The accident was caused by negligence.
In this sentence, 'causado' is the past participle of the verb 'causar' (to cause), used in the passive voice structure to indicate the cause of the action (the accident being a result of negligence).
O problema foi causado por um erro no sistema.
The problem was caused by an error in the system.
Here, 'causado' again functions as the past participle in a passive construction, connecting the subject ('O problema') to its cause ('um erro no sistema').
Os danos foram causados pelo mau tempo.
The damages were caused by bad weather.
'Causados' is used in its plural masculine form to agree with the plural masculine noun 'danos' (damages), maintaining subject agreement in the passive voice.
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