Also means
stress, load (engineering)
Usage Note
Sollecitazione has two distinct registers: in everyday and legal Italian it means a formal request or reminder (una sollecitazione di pagamento — 'a payment reminder'), while in engineering it refers to mechanical stress or loading (le sollecitazioni strutturali — 'structural loads'). It is a false cognate — English 'solicitation' is narrower.
Examples
"Ho ricevuto una sollecitazione di pagamento."
Natural Translation
I received a payment reminder.
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