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Los participios
	Many adjectives in Spanish are actually past participles of verbs.
	Frequently used with estar to describe conditions that are the result of a previous action.
	Past participles that are used as adjectives must agree with nouns in number and gender.
	May be used to describe a condition or an injury to a part of the body.
	To form a past participle add -ado to the stem (drop infinitive ending) of -ar verbs and -ido to the root of -er and -ir verbs.

infinitive	stem	past participle ending	past participle	translation
cortar - ar =	cort	+ ado	= cortado	cut
torcer - er =	torc	+ ido	= torcido	twisted, sprained
herir - ir =	her	+ ido	= herido	hurt

	There are some irregular past participles.
		romper	roto	abrir	abierto


		Tienes el codo infectado.	Your elbow is infected.
		Tiene los dedos infectados.	His fingers are infected.
		Tengo la muñeca infectada.	My wrist is infected.
		Tienen las rodillas infectadas.	Their knees are infected.

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