patente
driving licence
noun pah-TEN-teh Rare
Origin: Latin patens (open, evident)
Also means
licence
Usage Note
Patente is feminine: la patente, le patenti. The full term for a driving licence is patente di guida. More broadly it means any official licence or certificate (patente nautica = boat licence). The adjective patente ('blatant, obvious') exists but is now literary.
Examples
"Ha preso la patente lo scorso mese."
Natural Translation
She got her driving licence last month.
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