ammucchiato

piled up, heaped

adjective ahm-mook-KYAH-toh Rare

Usage Note

Ammucchiato is the past participle of ammucchiare (to pile up, to heap) used as an adjective. It describes objects or people crammed together in a disorderly way: libri ammucchiati (books piled up), gente ammucchiata (people crowded together). The feminine is ammucchiata, the plural ammucchiati/ammucchiate.

Examples

"I vestiti erano ammucchiati sul pavimento."

Natural Translation

The clothes were piled up on the floor.

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