debito

debt

noun adjective DEH-bee-toh Less Common

Origin: from Latin debitum

Also means

due

Usage Note

Debito is the noun 'debt' (avere un debito = 'to be in debt') and also a formal adjective meaning 'due, proper', as in con il debito rispetto. As a noun it is masculine, plural debiti. In Italian schools avere un debito means having to retake a subject in autumn.

Examples

"Ho pagato tutto il debito."

Natural Translation

I paid off the whole debt.

Literal Translation

I-have paid all the debt.

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