Editing Participle (section)

====Spanish====
In Spanish, the so-called present or active participle (''participio activo'' or ''participio de presente'') of a verb is traditionally formed with one of the suffixes ''-ante, -ente'' or ''-iente'', but modern grammar does not consider it a true participle, as such forms usually have the meaning of simple adjectives or nouns: e.g. ''amante'' "loving" or "lover", ''viviente'' "living" or "live".



The past participle (''participio pasado'' or ''participio pasivo'') is regularly formed with one of the suffixes ''-ado'' or ''-ido (-ado'' for verbs ending in "-ar" and ''-ido'' for verbs ending in "-er" or "-ir"; but some verbs have an irregular form ending in ''-to'' (e.g. ''escrito, visto, puesto''), or ''-cho'' (e.g. ''dicho, hecho'').<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spanish Perfect Tenses|url=https://www.enforex.com/language/spanish-perfect-tenses.html|website=Enforex}}</ref> The past participle is used generally as an adjective referring to a finished action, in which case its ending changes according to gender and number. At other times is used to form compound tenses: the present perfect, past perfect (sometimes referred to as the ''pluscuamperfecto''), and the future perfect, in which case it is indeclinable. Some examples:

As an adjective (note how "escritas" agrees in gender with the noun, "las cartas"):
*''las cartas escritas'' "the written letters"

To form compound tenses:
*''Ha escrito una carta.'' "She (he, it) has written a letter."
*''Había escrito una carta.'' "She (he, it) had written a letter."
*''Habrá escrito una carta.'' "She (he, it) will have written a letter."