espletamento

completion; fulfilment (of a task)

noun eh-spleh-tah-MEN-toh Rare

Origin: From espletare (to carry out) + '-mento' noun suffix, from Latin 'explere'

Usage Note

Espletamento is the bureaucratic noun form of espletare — it appears almost exclusively in official administrative Italian: espletamento delle pratiche ('completion of the paperwork'), espletamento di un concorso ('running of a competitive examination'). In plain speech, completamento or svolgimento is preferred. It signals formal register and is typical of Italian public-sector language.

Examples

"L'espletamento delle formalità richiede alcuni giorni."

Natural Translation

The completion of formalities takes several days.

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