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partecipato

state-owned

adjective par-teh-chee-PAH-toh Rare

Origin: From partecipare (to participate) + -ato (past participial suffix).

Also means

partly state-owned

Usage Note

Partecipato in financial and administrative Italian almost always appears in the phrase azienda/società partecipata, meaning a company in which the state or a public body holds a shareholding. It does NOT simply mean 'participated in'; that would be a cui si è partecipato. The feminine form partecipata is used as a standalone noun: le partecipate pubbliche (publicly held companies).

Examples

"La società è una partecipata del comune."

Natural Translation

The company is a municipally owned enterprise.

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