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infliggere

to inflict

verb een-FLEE-jeh-reh Rare
People & Society Law

Origin: From Latin infligere, to strike upon.

Also means

to impose

Usage Note

Infliggere is an irregular second-conjugation verb: past participle inflitto (not infligguto). It takes avere as auxiliary. Commonly used with pena (penalty), danno (damage), or sconfitta (defeat): infliggere una pena, infliggere una sconfitta. The double -gg- is pronounced as a held consonant.

Examples

"Il giudice ha inflitto una pena severa."

Natural Translation

The judge inflicted a severe sentence.

Literal Translation

The judge has inflicted a sentence severe.

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