descritta

Descritta is the feminine singular past participle of the Italian verb descrivere (to describe). It functions both as a past participle in passive constructions and as an adjective that agrees with the noun it modifies. The term derives from the Latin describere and shares its root with related words such as descrizione (description) and descrittivo (descriptive).

In grammar, descritta is used to indicate that something has been described. When used with the auxiliary verb essere in compound tenses, it agrees with the subject: La scena è stata descritta (The scene has been described). When used attributively, it agrees in gender and number with the noun: la scena descritta (the described scene). In plural contexts, it follows standard Italian agreement rules for past participles, as in i personaggi descritti (the described characters).

Descritta is common in literary, journalistic, and academic writing, where it helps attribute specifications, characterizations, or summaries to a prior description in a text. It can also appear in quotations or referential phrases such as “la persona descritta nel rapporto” (the person described in the report), signaling that the description comes from another source or section of the work.

See also: descrivere, descrizione, descrittivo.