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imputare

to attribute

verb eem-poo-TAH-reh Rare
People & Society Law

Origin: From Latin imputare, 'to reckon to the account of'.

Also means

to charge with

Usage Note

Imputare takes avere as its auxiliary. In legal Italian, imputare qualcuno di un reato means to charge someone with a crime; the noun l'imputato (m) / l'imputata (f) means 'the accused' or 'the defendant'. In accounting, it means to assign a cost to a budget item: imputare una spesa (to book an expense).

Examples

"Il giudice ha imputato l'uomo di frode."

Natural Translation

The judge charged the man with fraud.

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