Reprezentate

Reprezentate is a Romanian grammatical form, functioning as the feminine plural past participle of the verb reprezenta, meaning “represented.” It is used as an adjective or as a noun to indicate items, figures, or persons that have been depicted, shown, or included in a representation. The form agrees with feminine plural nouns, for example in phrases like figurile reprezentate or situațiile reprezentate.

Etymology and morphology: reprezentate derives from Latin repraesentatus, via the Romanian verb reprezenta, which itself comes from Latin roots related to representation. In Romanian, past participles used as adjectives or nouns vary by gender and number, with feminine plural shown as reprezentate, feminine singular as reprezentată, masculine plural as reprezentati, and masculine singular as reprezentat.

Usage: The feminine plural form common in formal or descriptive writing appears in contexts such as art history, inventories, reports, or legislative texts to denote elements that have been depicted or enumerated. It helps distinguish the represented items from those that are not depicted or from original, non-represented materials.

Examples: In a catalog, one might read “figuri reprezentate în registru,” meaning the figures that have been depicted in the register. In a research report, “datele reprezentate în grafice” refers to data shown in the graphs.

See also: Reprezenta, participle forms in Romanian, grammatical agreement, Romanian noun-adjective concord.

Notes: Reprezentate is distinct from the masculine plural reprezentati and the feminine singular reprezentată; correct usage depends on the gender and number of the noun it modifies.