inibitorio

inhibitory; prohibitive

adjective ee-nee-bee-TOH-ryoh Rare

Origin: From Latin 'inhibitorius', from 'inhibere' (to restrain)

Usage Note

Inibitorio is a formal or legal/medical adjective — ingiunzione inibitoria ('injunction / restraining order') in law, or effetto inibitorio ('inhibitory effect') in pharmacology and neuroscience. It rarely appears in everyday informal speech; in conversation Italians would more naturally say che blocca or proibitivo. The feminine is inibitoria, plural inibitori/inibitorie.

Examples

"Il giudice ha emesso un provvedimento inibitorio."

Natural Translation

The judge issued an inhibitory order.

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