portati

Portati is the masculine plural past participle of the Italian verb portare, meaning to carry or to bring. In Italian grammar, past participles like portati can function in compound tenses and also as adjectives.

As a participle used with auxiliary verbs, portati forms part of verb tenses and may agree with another element in the sentence. In constructions with the auxiliary essere, it forms passive or resultative phrases and agrees in gender and number with the subject: for example, I pacchi sono stati portati dal corriere (the packages were carried by the courier). As an attributive adjective, portati can modify a masculine plural noun directly: pacchi portati (carried packages), bagagli portati.

With the auxiliary avere, the participle typically does not change to reflect the subject. However, in some contexts where the direct object precedes the verb, agreement can occur in accordance with standard Italian grammar; in everyday usage, the passive or adjective use is more common.

The form derives from portare and has Latin roots in portare. Portati appears frequently in both formal and informal Italian to describe items that have been carried or brought, or to describe the state of objects that have been transported.

See also: portare, Italian grammar, participles.