aggiornati

Aggiornati is the masculine plural form of the past participle aggiornato, used as an adjective or as part of the verb tense with aggiornare. It means updated or up-to-date and can refer to people who have been kept informed or to objects and information that have been brought to the current version. The feminine plural is aggiornate; the singular forms are aggiornato (masc) and aggiornata (fem). In sentences, aggiornati agrees in gender and number with the nouns it modifies.

Etymology and related terms: aggiornare is a native Italian verb formed from the prefix a- plus giorno (day), historically conveying the sense of bringing something to the current day. The related noun is aggiornamento, meaning “update,” with plural aggiornamenti. The adjective and participle form aggiornato/aggiornati thus derive from this root and share the same semantic field of currency and freshness of information or software.

Usage: as an adjective, aggiornati describes items that have been brought up to date, as in “documenti aggiornati” or “versione aggiornata.” In reference to people, it can mean they are informed or current on a topic, e.g., “gli utenti aggiornati sull’アlte ricerche.” In imperatives, aggiornati is the singular reflexive command meaning “update yourself,” and aggiornatevi is the plural form.

Examples: “I dati sono aggiornati al 2024.” “Hai scaricato la versione aggiornata?,” “Aggiornati!” (informal singular). The term is common in IT, publishing, journalism, and everyday language to denote currentness and freshness of content or knowledge.