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costituire

to constitute

verb koh-stee-TWEE-reh Common
People & Society Law

Origin: From Latin constituere (to establish, set up).

Also means

to make up, to represent

Usage Note

Costituire follows the -isc- pattern in the present tense (costituisce, not costitue), like finire and capire. It takes avere in compound tenses. It is a formal verb common in legal, academic, and administrative Italian: costituire un reato = to constitute a crime.

Examples

"Questo costituisce una violazione della legge."

Natural Translation

This constitutes a violation of the law.

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