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vistare

to stamp (a visa or document)

verb vee-STAH-reh Rare
People & Society Law

Origin: From visto, past participle of vedere used as a bureaucratic stamp ('seen/approved').

Also means

to endorse

Usage Note

Vistare is a bureaucratic verb meaning to officially stamp or endorse a document — passports, permits, invoices. It should not be confused with guardare ('to look at'). The noun il visto ('visa') derives from the same Latin root visus ('seen').

Examples

"Devono vistare il passaporto alla frontiera."

Natural Translation

They need to stamp the passport at the border.

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