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indire

to call (officially)

verb een-DEE-reh Rare
People & Society Government

Also means

to convene; to announce

Usage Note

Indire is an irregular verb (past participle indetto) used in formal and institutional language: indire un'elezione ('to call an election'), indire uno sciopero ('to call a strike'), indire un concorso ('to announce a competition'). It takes avere. The everyday verb for calling someone on the phone is chiamare, not indire — this word is strictly formal/bureaucratic.

Examples

"Il governo ha indetto nuove elezioni."

Natural Translation

The government called new elections.

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