impacchettate

Impacchettate is the feminine plural past participle of the Italian verb impacchettare, meaning wrapped or packed. It describes items that have been placed in packaging or wrapping. In everyday Italian, impacchettate is used to indicate that goods are pre-packaged, as in caramelle impacchettate (wrapped candies) or patatine impacchettate (packaged chips), and it agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies, for example confezioni impacchettate.

Linguistic notes: impacchettare is a transitive verb; the past participle is typically used with avere in compound tenses (ho impacchettato). In passive constructions or when qualifying a noun, impacchettate appears to modify a feminine plural noun, as in confezioni impacchettate. The term is common in retail, inventory, and product labeling to distinguish packaged items from sfusi (loose) goods.

Usage context: In commercial and logistical contexts, impacchettate often appears on labels, descriptions, and packaging records to denote that a product has been individually wrapped or contained in sealed packaging. It can be contrasted with termini such as sfuse or all'aperto, which refer to items sold loose or unpackaged.

Examples:

- Le patatine impacchettate sono in offerta questa settimana.

- Queste caramelle impacchettate hanno una data di scadenza stampata sull’etichetta.