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documentare

to document

verb doh-koo-men-TAH-reh Less Common
Communication Writing

Also means

to record, to provide evidence for

Usage Note

Documentare takes avere as its auxiliary. Documentarsi su un argomento (reflexive) means to research or inform oneself about a topic. A documentario is a documentary film. The past participle documentato is widely used as an adjective (un caso ben documentato — a well-documented case).

Examples

"Il giornalista ha documentato le violazioni."

Natural Translation

The journalist documented the violations.

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