confirmado
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confirmed
When a reservation or status is certain, it is confirmado (confirmed).
confirmado(Adjective)
confirmed
?status or reservation
,verified
?fact or information
settled
?a date or plan
📝 In Action
El vuelo a Madrid está confirmado.
A1The flight to Madrid is confirmed.
La noticia es falsa. No está confirmado.
A2The news is false. It is not verified.
Tenemos la asistencia confirmada de 50 personas.
B1We have the confirmed attendance of 50 people.
💡 Grammar Points
Adjective Agreement
As an adjective, 'confirmado' must change its ending to match the thing it describes. Use 'confirmada' for feminine things (la reserva confirmada) and add an 's' for plurals (los vuelos confirmados).
Using 'Estar'
When describing a temporary state or status, use 'estar'. Since something being 'confirmed' is a state, you almost always say 'está confirmado' (it is confirmed).
❌ Common Pitfalls
Using 'Ser' for Status
Mistake: "El vuelo es confirmado."
Correction: El vuelo está confirmado. (Use 'estar' because being confirmed is a current status, not a permanent characteristic.)
⭐ Usage Tips
Quick Confirmation
In conversations, you can simply say 'Confirmado' to mean 'It's a go' or 'That's verified,' especially when responding to a plan or instruction.
As a past participle used in compound verb tenses, confirmado means an action has been confirmed or verified.
📝 In Action
Ya hemos confirmado la hora de la reunión.
B1We have already confirmed the time of the meeting.
¿Habías confirmado tu asistencia antes de comprar el boleto?
B2Had you confirmed your attendance before buying the ticket?
💡 Grammar Points
The Perfect Tenses
'Confirmado' is the form you use after the verb 'haber' (to have) to create tenses like 'he confirmado' (I have confirmed) or 'había confirmado' (I had confirmed).
Invariable Form
Unlike when it's an adjective, when 'confirmado' is used right after 'haber' to form a perfect tense, it NEVER changes its ending. It always stays 'confirmado,' regardless of who did the confirming.
❌ Common Pitfalls
Changing the Ending with 'Haber'
Mistake: "Hemos confirmadas las reservas. (Incorrect agreement with 'haber'.)"
Correction: Hemos confirmado las reservas. (The participle is fixed when used with 'haber'.)
⭐ Usage Tips
Connecting Past and Present
The 'perfect' tenses (using 'haber' + 'confirmado') are great for talking about actions that started in the past but are still relevant now, like 'He confirmado mi reserva' (I confirmed my reservation, and it's still confirmed now).
✏️ Quick Practice
💡 Quick Quiz: confirmado
Question 1 of 2
Which sentence correctly uses 'confirmado' as an adjective?
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between 'confirmado' and 'confirmación'?
'Confirmado' is the status (an adjective: 'The date is confirmed'). 'Confirmación' is the noun (the thing itself: 'I need the confirmation'). They are part of the same word family but serve different roles in a sentence.
Why does 'confirmado' sometimes change to 'confirmada' or 'confirmados'?
It changes when it is acting as an adjective (describing a noun), like in 'La reserva está confirmada.' However, when it is used as part of a verb tense with 'haber' (like 'Hemos confirmado'), it never changes.