insultati
Insultati is the plural past participle of the Italian verb insultare, meaning to insult. In ordinary use, it can function as a masculine plural adjective agreeing with a masculine or mixed-gender group, or as a noun phrase referring to people who have been insulted. The feminine plural form is insultate; the singular forms are insultato (masc. sing.) and insultata (fem. sing.). When used as a past participle in compound tenses, it agrees in gender and number with the subject: Sono stati insultati (they were insulted).
Origin and form: insultare derives from Latin insultare, from insultus “a shock, assault,” though the precise
Usage notes: Insultati is commonly found in formal or journalistic Italian when discussing victims of verbal
- Gli insultati hanno chiesto un chiarimento.