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intitolare

entitle

verb een-tee-toh-LAH-reh Less Common
Communication Writing

Origin: from in- + titolo 'title'

Also means

dedicate

Usage Note

Intitolare means to give a title to a work, and the reflexive intitolarsi means '(a book/film) is titled'. It also means to name a place after someone, as in una via intitolata a Garibaldi ('a street named after Garibaldi'). It is built on titolo ('title').

Examples

"Vogliono intitolare la scuola a lui."

Natural Translation

They want to name the school after him.

Literal Translation

They-want name the school to him.

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