dare origine

dare origine

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to give origin”.

Verb

dàre origine (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) dò origine, first-person singular past historic dièdi origine or diédi origine or détti origine or (traditional) dètti origine, past participle dàto origine, first-person singular future darò origine, first-person singular subjunctive dìa origine, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive déssi origine, second-person singular imperative dài origine or dà' origine, auxiliary avére)

1. to give rise (to); to lead (to); to set the stage [+ a (object) = for]
   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 23, in Chicca Galli; Paolo Lucca; Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     Il giudice aveva ordinato la liberazione dalla custodia militare, dando così origine a una lunga battaglia legale in materia di giurisdizione.

     ... leading him to review their release from military custody and setting the stage for a lengthy legal battle over jurisdiction.

     (literally, “The judge had ordered the liberation from military custody, thereby giving rise to a long legal battle about jurisdiction.”)

Anagrams

• idrogenerai