partecipate

Partecipate is an Italian verb form derived from partecipare, meaning to participate or take part. It represents the second-person plural form of the present indicative tense (voi partecipate), used to state that you all participate. The same spelling also serves as the imperative mood for the second person plural (Partecipate!), used to command a group to participate. In ordinary conversation, the mood is inferred from context, so the form can function as either a statement or an instruction.

Etymology and family: partecipare comes from the Latin participare, from particip- “part” and a verb suffix related to taking part. The word sits in the broader family of terms related to participation and partaking in Italian, such as partecipazione (participation) and partecipante (participant).

Usage notes: partecipare is a transitive verb that requires the preposition a when indicating participation in an event or activity: partecipare a una riunione, partecipare al concorso, partecipare al progetto. The past participle is partecipato, used with avere to form compound tenses (abbiamo partecipato). The form partecipate, in its imperative usage, can appear in instructions or calls to action directed at a group, for example: Partecipate al questionario prima della scadenza.

Related terms: partecipazione (participation), partecipante (participant), partecipante. The standard English equivalents are participate and participation, with translations adapted to the Italian sense of taking part in an activity or event.

See also: Italian verb conjugation resources, dictionaries, and style guides discussing the use of partecipare and its related forms in written and spoken Italian.