delegazione

delegation; delegating body

noun deh-leh-gah-TSYOH-neh Less Common

Origin: Latin delegatio, from delegare (to delegate)

Usage Note

Delegazione refers both to a group of delegates (una delegazione italiana = an Italian delegation) and to the act or document of delegating authority. The plural le delegazioni is regular. In Italian bureaucracy delega (shorter form) is used for a written proxy, while delegazione tends to refer to the group or the formal institutional body.

Examples

"La delegazione italiana ha partecipato al vertice europeo."

Natural Translation

The Italian delegation took part in the European summit.

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