assicurato

insured

adjective ahs-see-koo-RAH-toh Rare

Also means

assured

Usage Note

Assicurato is both the past participle of assicurare (to insure, to assure) and a noun meaning 'the insured person' in insurance contexts. La persona assicurata or simply l'assicurato is the policyholder. The word also means 'secured' or 'guaranteed' in a general sense: un futuro assicurato (a guaranteed future).

Examples

"Il pacco era assicurato per cento euro."

Natural Translation

The package was insured for one hundred euros.

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