Skip to content

commissariamento

receivership

noun kohm-mees-SAH-ryah-MEN-toh Rare

Also means

government takeover

Usage Note

Il commissariamento is the formal act of placing an institution (a municipality, football club, or company) under a government-appointed commissioner (commissario). It is a common political and sports-journalism term. The abstract noun ends in -mento and is masculine, plural commissariamenti.

Examples

"Il comune è in commissariamento da un anno."

Natural Translation

The municipality has been under receivership for a year.

Explore Italian by topic