assegnate

Assegnate is the feminine plural past participle of the Italian verb assegnare (to assign, allocate, designate). In Italian, as a past participle it can function as an adjective or be used in passive voice constructions, and it agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies or corresponds to the subject of the clause when used with the auxiliary essere.

Common usage

Assegnate is typically found in contexts involving the allocation of resources, tasks, or responsibilities. Examples include: Le risorse assegnate al progetto sono state approvate (The resources allocated to the project have been approved) and Le attività assegnate agli studenti devono essere completate entro venerdì (The activities assigned to the students must be completed by Friday). It is also used in administrative or organizational language to describe what has been designated or allocated to a person or group.

Morphology and related forms

The verb assegnare yields several participle forms: assegnato (masculine singular), assegnata (feminine singular), assegnati (masculine plural), and assegnate (feminine plural). In passive voice with the auxiliary essere, the participle agrees with the subject, so one says le risorse sono assegnate, or i compiti assegnati. In compound tenses with avere, agreement with the object may occur if the object precedes the verb, but the typical usage emphasizes the passive or adjectival role of assegnate.

See also

assegnare, assegnazione, assegnazioni.