raccontato

Raccontato is the past participle of the Italian verb raccontare, meaning to tell or narrate. It denotes something that has been told or recounted and is used in both verbal tenses and as an adjective in Italian.

As a grammatical form, racconato appears in compound tenses with the auxiliary avere, for example: ho raccontato una storia (I told a story). It also appears in the passive voice with the auxiliary essere: la storia è stata raccontata (the story has been told). As an adjective, it can modify a noun to indicate that it has been narrated, as in una versione raccontata dei fatti or un fatto raccontato.

The word agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies or with the subject of the clause when used in passive voice. The standard forms are: raccontato (masculine singular), raccontata (feminine singular), raccontati (masculine plural), and raccontate (feminine plural).

Usage notes: racconato is commonly used to convey that something has been communicated or recounted, often with an emphasis on the act of narration. It is typically preferred when describing a reported, told, or relayed detail or event. While it can function as a descriptive adjective, many contexts favor alternative terms such as narrato (narrated) or detto (said) depending on nuance and register.

Etymology: racconato originates from raccontare, the verb meaning to tell, which itself derives from the associated noun racconto (story or tale).

See also: raccontare, racconto, narrato.