costruite

Costruite is the feminine plural past participle of the Italian verb costruire and functions as an adjective meaning “built” or “constructed.” It is used to describe feminine plural nouns and appears in passive voice constructions as well as in adjectival phrases. For example, case costruite means “built houses,” and strutture costruite recentemente means “structures built recently.”

Grammatical notes: As a participle or adjective, costruite agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies. It contrasts with the masculine plural costruiti (e.g., edifici costruiti) and the singular forms costruita and costruito. In sentences using the passive voice with essere, the participle often governs the subject, as in Le case sono costruite.

Etymology and morphology: Costruire derives from Latin construere, formed from con- “together” and struere “to pile up, arrange.” The Italian verb and its participles developed through the Romance evolution from construere, yielding costruttive forms such as costruire, costruito, costruita, costruite, costruiti.

Usage and context: Costruite is common in architecture, urban planning, and historical descriptions to indicate objects or structures that have been erected. It frequently appears in descriptions of buildings, districts, or monuments where the emphasis is on completion or the state of being built. For masculine nouns, the corresponding form is costruiti (e.g., edifici costruiti); for feminine singular, costruita (e.g., casa costruita).

See also: costruire, costruzione, costruito, costruita, edificación italiana (in related contexts).