aggiudicare

to award

verb ahd-joo-dee-KAH-reh Rare

Origin: From Latin adjudicare (to award by judgment), from ad- + judicare (to judge).

Also means

to adjudicate

Usage Note

Aggiudicare is used when a prize, contract, or lot is formally awarded: aggiudicarsi un contratto (to win a contract), aggiudicarsi la vittoria (to claim victory). The reflexive aggiudicarsi is especially common and means 'to win for oneself'. It takes avere in compound tenses.

Examples

"La giuria ha aggiudicato il primo premio alla cantante."

Natural Translation

The jury awarded the first prize to the singer.

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