spettare

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin spectāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spetˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spet‧tà‧re

Verb

spettàre (first-person singular present spètto, first-person singular past historic spettài, past participle spettàto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

  1. to be up to
    • 2020 July 30, Anna Lombardi, “Tweet di Trump: "Non sarebbe meglio rinviare le elezioni?". Pelosi: "Decide il Congresso" [Trump's tweet: "Wouldn't it be better to delay the election?". Pelosi: "Congress decides"]”, in la Repubblica:
      "Spetta al Congresso decidere la data per le elezioni della Casa Bianca", ha ricordato la speaker democratica della Camera Nancy Pelosi, in risposta al tweet del presidente.
      "It is up to Congress to decide the date for the White House elections", reminded the Democratic speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, in response to the President's tweet.
  2. to be due
    gli spetta una pensionehe is due a pension

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