spiegato

Spiegato is an Italian word meaning “explained,” and it serves as the past participle of the verb spiegare. In modern Italian it functions mainly as an adjective, agreeing in gender and number with the noun it modifies, as in un concetto spiegato chiaramente. It is also the standard past participle used in compound tenses (ha spiegato, è stato spiegato). The feminine form is spiegata, and the plural forms are spiegati and spiegate.

Etymology: Spiegato derives from spiegare, which in turn comes from Latin explicare, meaning to unfold or explain. The development from Latin to the modern Italian form reflects typical changes in the verb family that produce the present participle and adjective used in agreement with nouns.

Usage: While common as a participle and adjective, "spiegato" is rarely used on its own as a noun in standard Italian. It appears most often within phrases or clauses, or as part of compound grammatical forms. In headings or stylistic contexts, you might encounter it as a label meaning “the explained material,” but it is not a typical standalone noun.

Other uses: The term can occur as a surname or in the names of brands or works of art, since Italian words are sometimes adopted as identifiers in proper nouns. There is no widely recognized subject known simply as "Spiegato" in major encyclopedias; if a local dish, organization, or fictional work uses the title, it would be a proper noun specific to that context.

See also: Spiegare, Spiegazione.