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potenziare

to enhance, to strengthen

verb poh-ten-TSYAH-reh Rare

Also means

to boost

Usage Note

Potenziare takes avere and is widely used in institutional Italian for improving infrastructure, services, or capabilities: potenziare i trasporti ('to upgrade transport'). It is stronger than migliorare ('to improve'), implying a real increase in power or capacity. The noun cognate is potenziamento ('enhancement, upgrade').

Examples

"Il comune vuole potenziare il servizio di trasporto pubblico."

Natural Translation

The municipality wants to enhance the public transport service.

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