espletare

to carry out; to fulfil (a task)

verb eh-spleh-TAH-reh Rare

Origin: From Latin 'explere' (to fill out, complete), via bureaucratic Italian

Usage Note

Espletare takes avere as its auxiliary and is a distinctly bureaucratic verb — it almost exclusively appears in official and administrative Italian: espletare le pratiche ('to complete the paperwork'), espletare un concorso ('to run a competition/tender'). In informal speech, Italians would say sbrigare or completare. Its noun form espletamento appears in the same formal contexts.

Examples

"Bisogna espletare tutte le formalità doganali."

Natural Translation

All customs formalities must be completed.

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