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intestare

to register in someone's name, to title

verb een-teh-STAH-reh Rare
People & Society Law

Also means

to head (a document)

Usage Note

Intestare means to put something officially in someone's name: intestare un conto ('to open an account in someone's name'), intestare una casa ('to register a property under someone's name'). The reflexive intestarsi means 'to register something in one's own name'. It also means 'to head a letter or document' (intestare una lettera). Conjugates with avere.

Examples

"Ha intestato la casa al figlio."

Natural Translation

He registered the house in his son's name.

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