This is the 13117th most frequent Spanish word.
precipitado
Hasty, rushed, or precipitated.
The word 'precipitado' is used here as an adjective describing the decision, meaning 'hasty' or 'hurried'.
Su decisión fue precipitada y no tuvo tiempo para pensarlo bien.
His decision was hasty and he didn't have time to think it through.
Here, 'precipitado' acts as a noun referring to a solid substance formed in a solution during a chemical reaction.
El químico observó cómo se formaba un precipitado en la solución.
The chemist observed how a precipitate formed in the solution.
In this sentence, 'precipitado' serves as an adjective describing the athlete's action, conveying the idea of acting prematurely or hastily.