patinato

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.tiˈna.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ti‧nà‧to

Participle

patinato (feminine patinata, masculine plural patinati, feminine plural patinate)

  1. past participle of patinare

Adjective

patinato (feminine patinata, masculine plural patinati, feminine plural patinate)

  1. patinated, covered with a patina (either by the passage of time or artificially to mimic such effect)
    • 1915, Corrado Govoni, “Ferrara”, in L'inaugurazione della primavera:
      E campane ossidate / come tegole patinate dalla pioggia []
      And oxidized bells / like tiles patinated by the rain
  2. glossy, glazed, slick, coated
    carta patinatacoated paper
    rivista patinataglossy magazine
  3. (figurative, by extension) that only has an external or apparent perfection; superficial, fake
    • 2020 August 24, Donatella Campus, “"Beauty is political": così AOC trasforma la bellezza in un appello per le donne”, in la Repubblica:
      Si noti che non ha utilizzato lo spazio di Vogue in modo patinato, [] ma ha presentato un video in tutto e per tutto simile a un tutorial come se ne trovano tanti su internet [].
      Note that she did not use Vogue's space in a superficial way, but presented a video in all respects similar to a tutorial like one of the many that can be found on the Internet .
  4. (figurative, literary) tanned (having a suntan)
    • 1955, Corrado Alvaro, Settantacinque racconti, Milan, page 35:
      Non parlo delle sue labbra screpolate per la sua vita all'aria aperta, delle sue mani brusche, della sua pelle patinata dal sole.
      I won't speak of his chapped lips for his open-air lifestyle, of his rough hands, of his skin tanned by the sun.

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