piegata

Piegata is an Italian term that functions as an adjective and as the feminine past participle of the verb piegare, meaning folded or pleated. The masculine form is piegato, and the noun form piegatura refers to the act or result of folding. As a descriptive word, piegata typically agrees with a feminine noun.

In usage, piegata describes something that has been folded, bent, or creased. For example, un foglio piegato means a folded sheet, and una superficie piegata refers to a folded surface. The term is common in descriptive, technical, and everyday language when referring to physical forms that exhibit folds or bends.

In specialized contexts, piegata appears in several fields. In botany, it can describe leaves or petals that are folded. In geology, strati piegati or rock layers that have been folded are described with the form piegata to indicate deformation. In textiles and fashion, tessuti piegati or tessuti a pieghe denote fabrics with pleats or folds.

Piegata also functions as a grammatical form, with related forms including piegato (masculine), and piegatura, which denotes the act or process of folding. The core idea across uses is the presence of one or more folds or bends in the subject described.

See also:

- piegare

- piega

- tessuto a pieghe

- foglia piegata

- strati piegati