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costellato

studded, dotted

adjective koh-stel-LAH-toh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Appearance

Origin: Latin constellatus (set with stars)

Also means

strewn (with)

Usage Note

Costellato is the past participle of costellare, used adjectivally to mean covered or scattered with many things: un cielo costellato di stelle, una carriera costellata di successi. The feminine is costellata, plural costellati / costellate. It always takes the preposition di to introduce what it is studded with.

Examples

"Il cielo era costellato di stelle brillanti."

Natural Translation

The sky was studded with bright stars.

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