qualche giorno fa, a Rio de Janeiro, alle 9:55 locali (le 13:55 ora italiana), è stato toccato un nuovo record di caldo: la temperatura percepita è stata di 62,3 gradi, il valore più alto mai registrato nella città dal 2014, quando sono iniziate le misurazioni.
a causa di questo caldo eccezionale, le iconiche spiagge della città carioca, Ipanema e Copacabana, sono state prese d’assalto dagli abitanti in cerca di riparo dall’insopportabile calura.
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la temperatura percepita: perceived temperature
la misurazione: measurement
carioca: from Rio de Janeiro
prendere d’assalto: to be overrun, to be stormed
la calura: heat wave
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Past participle as adjective
“la temperatura percepita”
(perceived temperature)
“Percepita”, in the sentence above, is the past participle of the verb percepire, used as adjective.
In Italian, past participles are often used as adjectives to modify nouns. They agree in gender and number with the noun they modify.
For example:
– Ho mangiato una pizza cotta al forno a legna. (I ate a pizza cooked in a wood-fired oven)
>” cotta” is the p.p. of “cuocere” (to cook)
– Ho visto un film girato in Spagna. (I watched a movie filmed in Spain)
> “girato” is the p.p. of “girare” (to film)
A few days ago, in Rio de Janeiro, at 9:55 local time (13:55 Italian time), a new heat record was set: the perceived temperature reached 62.3 degrees, the highest value ever recorded in the city since 2014 when measurements began.
Because of this exceptional heat, the iconic beaches of the city, Ipanema and Copacabana, were overrun by residents seeking refuge from the unbearable heat.
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