modificato

modified

adjective moh-dee-fee-KAH-toh Rare

Also means

altered

Usage Note

Modificato is the past participle of modificare (to modify), used as an adjective. It appears commonly in technical and legal language, such as organismo geneticamente modificato (GMO — genetically modified organism). When used predicatively with essere, it describes a state: il contratto è stato modificato (the contract has been modified).

Examples

"Il documento è stato modificato ieri."

Natural Translation

The document was modified yesterday.

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