patinato

patinato

Italian

FWOTD – 28 February 2023

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 patinata ― coated paper

   rivista patinata ― glossy 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 ["Beauty is political": this is how AOC transforms beauty into an appeal for women]”, 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.

References

• patinare¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “patinato”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 12, page 823

Anagrams

• piantato, pitonata