Impattato

Impattato is the past participle of the Italian verb impattare. As an adjective, it denotes something that has been struck, collided with, or affected by an impact. In broader usage, impattato can describe processes or objects that have experienced a significant influence or contact.

Impattare is a transitive verb whose noun impatto means the effect, force, or contact produced by a collision or influence. The form impattato is used with auxiliary verbs to form compound tenses (è stato impattato) and also as a qualifying adjective (un oggetto impattato). The word is part of standard Italian, though it tends to appear more in technical, scientific, or journalistic registers than in everyday speech.

Examples: Il meteorite ha impattato la superficie lunare. In figurative usage, la crisi ha impattato l’economia locale, meaning the crisis affected or influenced the local economy. La valanga ha impattato contro la parete rocciosa illustrates a physical contact, though more common expressions might use colpire or urtare.

Notes: impattato is the past participle of impattare; impatto is the related noun. Impattare as a borrowing from international vocabulary is common in business, science, and media. In everyday Italian, alternative verbs such as colpire, influire, or avere un impatto are frequently used depending on the context.