totalizzare

to total up

verb toh-tah-leed-DZAH-reh Rare

Also means

to score (a total)

Usage Note

Totalizzare takes avere as its auxiliary (ha totalizzato = he totaled). It is common in sports and statistics: ha totalizzato venti punti (he scored a total of twenty points). It can also mean to achieve a perfect score (ha totalizzato il massimo dei voti). The noun is totalizzatore.

Examples

"La squadra ha totalizzato trenta punti."

Natural Translation

The team totaled thirty points.

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