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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “in obligation”.
Adjective
in obbligo (invariable)
- (also with di) obliged (to)
2020, Barack Obama, “Prefazione [Preface]”, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:Spesso mi sentivo in obbligo di delineare il contesto nel quale io e altri avevamo preso certe decisioni, solo che non mi andava di relagarlo in decine e decine di note a piè di pagina o a fine capitolo (detesto entrambe le soluzioni).- Often, I felt obliged to provide context for the decisions I and others had made, and I didn't want to relegate that background to footnotes or endnotes (I hate footnotes and endnotes).
- (literally, “I often felt obliged to delineate the context in which I and others had taken certain decisions, only that I did not feel like relegating it in dozens and dozens of footnotes or endnotes (I detest both solutions).”)