lasciato

Lasciato is the past participle of lasciare, the Italian verb meaning to leave, to allow, or to abandon. In Italian, lasciare is a transitive verb, and lasciato operates in various grammatical constructions as a verb form and as an adjective. It can appear in compound tenses with avere, in passive or semi-passive forms with essere, or as an adjective describing something that has been left behind or neglected.

Morphology and agreement: masculine singular lasciato; feminine singular lasciata; masculine plural lasciati; feminine plural lasciate. With the auxiliary avere, the participle generally does not agree with the subject, but may agree with a preceding direct object, for example: Le chiavi le ho lasciate sulla tavola. With essere, used in passive or perfect-passive constructions, the participle agrees with the subject: È stato lasciato solo, Sono state lasciate aperte.

Usage: lasciare can express literal leaving of an object, as in Ho lasciato le chiavi sul tavolo (I left the keys on the table). It also covers abandonment or neglect, as in Il progetto è stato lasciato a metà (The project was left unfinished). Additionally, lasciato is used to describe conditions resulting from leaving something in a certain state, such as La porta è stata lasciata aperta (The door was left open). In literary or formal style, the phrase è stato lasciato intendere (it has been left to be inferred) is used to report an implicit meaning.

See also: lasciare. The form lasciato is the masculine singular past participle; related forms appear in gender/number agreement and in passive constructions.