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inscenare

to stage

verb een-sheh-NAH-reh Rare

Also means

to put on (a show)

Usage Note

Inscenare literally means to put something on stage, but is widely used figuratively for staging a protest, faking an incident, or orchestrating any scene (inscenare una protesta = to stage a protest, inscenare una lite = to fake an argument). It carries a slightly theatrical or contrived connotation.

Examples

"Gli studenti hanno inscenato una protesta."

Natural Translation

The students staged a protest.

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