Forgetting Plurality

Since 'llamados' is an adjective, it must match the thing it describes. If you were talking about female students, you would use 'llamadas'.

Agreement is Key

Use 'llamados' to quickly define a group based on their title or role: 'Los llamados héroes' (The heroes, as they are called).

Use for Group Definition

Extremely common, used frequently to describe groups of people or things.

The form 'llamados' is the past participle of 'llamar'. When used with the verb 'ser' (like 'fueron llamados'), it creates the passive voice, meaning the subject is receiving the action.

Passive Voice Structure

The base form 'llamado' is used with 'haber' to create perfect tenses (e.g., 'hemos llamado' - we have called). Note that in this case, the participle doesn't change gender/number.

Perfect Tenses

When forming the passive voice (e.g., 'ser llamados'), the participle MUST agree with the subject: 'Las chicas fueron llamadas' (f., plural).

Passive Agreement

Commonly used in passive voice constructions and perfect tenses.

Comprehensive guide to the Spanish word 'llamados', covering its use as the adjective 'called' or 'so-called' and its function as the past participle of the verb 'llamar'.

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Complete Conjugation Tables

🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

present

imperative

affirmative

negative

indicative

imperfect

conditional

present

preterite

future

Practice Conjugations