in dovere
Italian
Etymology
Literally, “in duty”. Compare French en devoir.
Prepositional phrase
in dovere
- obliged, bound
- Synonym: in obbligo
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 26, in Chicca Galli; Paolo Lucca; Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
- In realtà, Trump passava talmente tanto tempo su Fox News che presto si sentì in dovere di aggiungere nuovi dettagli.
- In fact, Trump was on Fox so much that he soon felt obliged to throw in some fresh material...
- (literally, “In reality, Trump was spending so much time on Fox News that he soon felt obliged to add new details.”)
Usage notes
- Typically preceded by reflexive verbs of belief like sentirsi (“to feel oneself”), credersi (“to believe oneself”), etc.