all'uopo

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, “at the need”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈl‿wɔ.po/
  • Rhymes: -ɔpo
  • Hyphenation: al‧l'uò‧po

Adverb

all'uopo

  1. (archaic, now chiefly humorous) if need be
    Synonym: se necessario
    • 1788 [c. 1733], “Epistola quarta”, in Giovanni Vincenzo Benini, transl., L'uomo del Pope [The man of Pope]‎, translation of An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope (in English), page 131:
      Senza compagno, senza guida e privo
      Di giudice perfin, come potresti,
      In tanta impresa abbandonato e solo,
      Manifestar la verità e la patria
      Salvar, all’uopo, dalla sua ruina?
      Without a companion, without a guide, lacking even a judge, how could you, left alone in such an endeavor, show the truth, and—if need be—save the motherland from ruin?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all',‎ uopo.

Further reading

  • uopo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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