seduti

Seduti is an Italian word that functions as both the masculine plural past participle of the verb sedere and as an adjective describing a seated state. It agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies and is commonly used to indicate that someone or something is in a seated posture. The term derives from the verb sedere, itself of Latin origin, and has cognates in other Romance languages such as Spanish sentado and French assis.

In usage, seduti can appear intransitively with the auxiliary essere to describe a state, as in Gli invitati sono seduti (The guests are seated). It can also modify a noun directly: i ragazzi seduti sul divano (the boys seated on the sofa). As a past participle used transitively with avere, it can denote that someone has seated others, with agreement to the preceding direct object: Li ho seduti (I have seated them). The feminine forms are seduta (singular) and sedute (plural).

As a noun, the participle can be pluralized to refer to the group of people who are seated: i seduti. In modern Italian, the term is common in everyday speech, formal seating plans, theatre programs, and descriptive writing, and it is generally understood in standard Italian without specialized jargon.