To express that you consider an action or situation definitively finished, use the verb dar por followed by a past participle or an adjective.
The past participle or adjective must agree in gender and number with the direct object it describes.
| Officially, I have considered the investigation concluded. | Oficialmente, he dado por concluida la investigación. |
| The detective has considered the kidnapping victim dead. | El detective ha dado por muerta a la víctima del secuestro. |
Notice how cerrado matches the masculine singular el caso in the next example:
| Without new evidence, we consider the case closed and we shelve it. | Sin nuevos indicios, damos por cerrado el caso y lo archivamos. |
You can conjugate dar por in any tense to reflect exactly when an event was considered closed.
| Yesterday, the police considered the suicide case concluded. | Ayer, la policía dio por concluido el caso de suicidio. |
| The doctor had considered the mystery solved for years. | Hacía años que la médica daba por resuelto el misterio. |
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