Chiamarono

Chiamarono is the third-person plural form of the Italian verb chiamare in the passato remoto, the literary past tense used to describe completed actions in the distant past. In narrative or historical prose, it can express that a group performed the act of calling or naming someone.

Morphology and usage context: The infinitive is chiamare. In the passato remoto, the standard full paradigm for chiamare is: io chiamai, tu chiamasti, lui chiamò, noi chiamammo, voi chiamaste, essi chiamarono. Chiamarono, as the third-person plural ending, is used to refer to "they called" or "they named." The form reflects the typical -are verb pattern with the -arono ending for the passato remoto.

Etymology and orthography: Chiamare derives from Latin clamare, with the Italian orthography using the digraph ch to maintain the hard /k/ sound before the front vowel i. The passato remoto forms, including chiamarono, arise from standard Latin-to-Italian verb conjugation developments for -are verbs.

Usage notes: In contemporary Italian, the passato remoto is largely confined to literary writing, historical texts, or regional dialects. In everyday speech and most modern writing, speakers typically use the passato prossimo, with forms like hanno chiamato, to convey past actions. Chiamarono may appear in historical narratives or classic literature, where it helps establish a formal or timeless tone.