specificato

specified

adjective speh-chee-fee-KAH-toh Rare

Also means

stated

Usage Note

Specificato is the past participle of specificare used attributively. In legal and technical documents it means 'expressly stated' or 'as specified': nei termini specificati (in the specified terms). When used predicatively with essere, it functions as a passive: è specificato nel contratto (it is specified in the contract).

Examples

"Il formato deve essere quello specificato nel documento."

Natural Translation

The format must be the one specified in the document.

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