Esplosi

Esplosi is the Italian past participle of the verb esplodere, meaning to explode. In standard Italian it functions as an adjective or as part of compound verbal forms to indicate that something has undergone an explosion. It is not commonly used as a standalone noun; the related noun for the act is esplosione, and a material capable of exploding is esplosivo.

Grammatically, esplosi agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies. For masculine singular subjects it appears as esploso; feminine singular as esplosa. The masculine plural is esplosi, and the feminine plural is esplose. Examples: il contenitore è esploso, i contenitori sono esplosi; la bottiglia è esplosa, le bottiglie sono esplose. In contexts referring to objects that have exploded, bruk of the past participle as an adjective is common, while in other cases the verb form is used with essere.

Usage notes: esplosi can appear in scientific, forensic, historical, and journalistic writing to describe items or sites affected by an explosion, or to characterize actions completed in the past. It should not be confused with esplosivo (a noun meaning explosive material or an adjective meaning explosive) or with esplosione (the noun for the event of exploding). Related terms in Italian include deflagrazione (a related type of rapid combustion) and frammentazione (fragmentation) when describing the consequences of an explosion.

See also: esplosione, esplosivo, deflagrazione, frammentazione.