This is the 4706th most frequent German word.
vorgelesen
"Vorgelesen" means "read aloud."
Here, 'vorgelesen' is used in the perfect tense (haben + past participle) to indicate that the action of reading aloud occurred in the past.
Ich habe gestern ein Kapitel aus dem Buch vorgelesen.
I read a chapter from the book aloud yesterday.
'Vorgelesen' functions as part of the passive voice construction (wird + past participle), indicating an action being performed on the subject.
Das Märchen wird den Kindern vorgelesen.
The fairy tale is being read aloud to the children.
'Vorzulesen' appears in its infinitive form as it complements the verb 'bat' (past tense of 'bitten'), denoting the request to perform the act of reading aloud.