provvedimento

measure

noun prohv-veh-dee-MEHN-toh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'providere', to provide for

Also means

provision

Usage Note

Provvedimento is a bureaucratic favourite meaning an official 'measure' or decree: prendere provvedimenti ('to take measures'). Note the doubled -vv-, which must be clearly pronounced. The plural is provvedimenti.

Examples

"Il governo ha preso un provvedimento urgente."

Natural Translation

The government took an urgent measure.

Literal Translation

The government has taken a measure urgent.

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