interpretativo

interpretive

adjective een-ter-preh-TAH-tee-voh Rare

Also means

interpretative

Usage Note

Interpretativo describes something relating to the act of interpretation — legal, artistic, or hermeneutic. Common collocations: margine interpretativo (room for interpretation), criteri interpretativi (interpretive criteria in law). The feminine form is interpretativa, plurals interpretativi/interpretative.

Examples

"La norma lascia ampio margine interpretativo."

Natural Translation

The rule leaves wide room for interpretation.

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