comunitario

community

adjective koh-moo-nee-TAH-ryoh Less Common

Origin: from Latin communitas

Also means

Usage Note

Comunitario relates to a community, but in Italian news it very often means 'EU, of the European Community', as in diritto comunitario ('EU law') and cittadino comunitario ('EU citizen'). It agrees in gender and number, e.g. norme comunitarie. Context decides which sense applies.

Examples

"Le regole comunitarie sono cambiate."

Natural Translation

The EU rules have changed.

Literal Translation

The rules community-of are changed.

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