No. 3,240 in Spanish
autorizada
Authorized.
In a sentence
Ella es una persona autorizada para firmar los documentos.
She is an authorized person to sign the documents.
The word 'autorizada' in this sentence is used as a past participle adjective to describe someone who has the legal or official ability to perform a specific task.
El acceso a esta área solo está permitido para personas autorizadas.
Access to this area is only permitted for authorized individuals.
Here, 'autorizadas' serves as an adjective modifying 'personas', indicating individuals granted permission to enter a restricted area.
La carta fue debidamente autorizada por la dirección.
The letter was duly authorized by the management.
In this example, 'autorizada' is part of a passive construction indicating the act of official approval performed on the letter by the management.
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