in diritto

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, in right.

Prepositional phrase

in diritto

  1. entitled
    • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
      Sapeva bene che così le lasciava tutt'e due a bocca asciutta, ma non poteva farne a meno; si sentiva perfino in diritto di agire a quel modo.
      He knew that he was starving the other two, but he could not help it; he even felt that he had a right to do it.
      (literally, “He knew well that, in this way, he left them both starving, but he could not help it; he even felt entitled to act in that way.”)