emettere

emit

verb eh-MEHT-teh-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'emittere', send out

Also means

issue

Usage Note

Emettere spans emitting sounds or light and the bureaucratic 'to issue', as in emettere una fattura ('issue an invoice') or emettere una sentenza ('hand down a verdict'). It conjugates like mettere, with an irregular past participle emesso.

Examples

"La banca deve emettere il documento."

Natural Translation

The bank must issue the document.

Literal Translation

The bank must to-issue the document.

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