appaiato

paired

adjective ahp-pah-YAH-toh Rare

Also means

matched

Usage Note

Appaiato is the past participle of appaiare (to pair, to match) used as an adjective. It describes things or animals coupled together, as in buoi appaiati (paired oxen) or houses built as semi-detached pairs. In architecture, villette appaiate are semi-detached houses, a very common phrase in Italian real-estate listings.

Examples

"Le due villette appaiate sembravano identiche."

Natural Translation

The two semi-detached houses looked identical.

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