No. 1,893 in Spanish

llamados

"Called" or "referred to."

In a sentence

Ellos son llamados para ayudar en casos de emergencia.
They are called to assist in emergency situations.
In this sentence, 'llamados' functions as the past participle of the verb 'llamar' used in a passive structure, indicating people being summoned or called for an action.
Los nuevos dispositivos son llamados teléfonos inteligentes.
The new devices are called smartphones.
Here, 'llamados' refers to the naming or designation of objects and serves as part of a passive expression indicating what something is referred to as.
Algunos programas, llamados antivirus, ayudan a proteger tu computadora.
Some programs, called antivirus, help protect your computer.
In this usage, 'llamados' introduces an appositive clause explaining what name has been assigned to the subject being discussed.

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