Allarmato

Allarmato is an Italian adjective and, less commonly, a past participle used to describe someone who is affected by alarm or a situation perceived as dangerous. It derives from the verb allarmare, which means to alarm, and from the noun allarme, meaning alarm or warning. As an adjective, allarmato can modify a person or a situation (for example, a person who is allarmato by news, or a community that is allarmato by a threat).

In usage, allarmato often conveys a sense of concern or cautious alertness rather than outright fear. It is common to say someone is allarmato by a developing event, or that the public stayed allarmato after a warning. The related adjective allarmante means alarming or concerning and is frequently used to describe a situation or information rather than a person. The phrase essere allarmato differs from essere spaventato, with the former emphasizing alertness and perception of risk rather than purely emotional fear.

In public safety and civil protection contexts, the term appears in forms such as stato di allarme or livelli di allerta, where authorities signal rising alert levels. While allarmato can describe people or groups, the standardized terminology tends to reserve “allarme” for the signal itself and “allerta” for the alert level. Related terms include allarme, allarmismo and allarmare.

See also: allarme, allarmante, allarmismo, allarmare.