Also means
to back
Usage Note
Avallare means to formally back or validate something — a claim, a proposal, a loan. It comes from avallo (guarantee on a bill of exchange) and is widely used in political and journalistic Italian: avallare una teoria (to endorse a theory). It takes avere as its auxiliary.
Examples
"Il ministro ha avallato la proposta."
Natural Translation
The minister endorsed the proposal.
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