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costituzione

constitution

noun koh-stee-too-TSYOH-neh Common
People & Society Government

Origin: Latin constitutio (ordinance, arrangement)

Usage Note

Costituzione is feminine; the plural costituzioni is regular. With a capital C, la Costituzione refers to the Italian Republic's constitution of 1948. In a broader sense it also means the act of establishing something (la costituzione di una società — the formation of a company) and, in medical Italian, one's physical constitution (una robusta costituzione).

Examples

"La Costituzione italiana garantisce i diritti fondamentali."

Natural Translation

The Italian Constitution guarantees fundamental rights.

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