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esaminato

Esaminato is the masculine singular past participle of the Italian verb esaminare, meaning to examine. In standard Italian it functions as an adjective or as part of compound verbal tenses, indicating that something has been examined or reviewed. When used attributively, it agrees with the noun (for example, un documento esaminato, una relazione esaminata). It can also appear in passive or periphrastic constructions, as in Il documento è stato esaminato dal comitato.

Origin and cognates: Esaminato derives from Latin examinatus, from examen, with a sense linked to testing, scrutiny,

Usage notes: In addition to its adjectival use, esaminato can occur as a substantive noun in some

See also: esaminare, esame, esaminazione, esaminatore.

or
weighing.
Cognates
exist
in
several
Romance
languages,
producing
similar
past-participle
forms
such
as
esaminato
in
Italian,
examinado
in
Spanish,
and
examinado
in
Portuguese.
contexts,
especially
in
legal
or
clinical
prose,
where
l’esaminato
may
denote
the
person
who
has
been
examined—the
examinee.
This
usage
is
relatively
uncommon
in
everyday
Italian
and
may
sound
formal
or
archaic.