proporzionato
proportionate, proportional
adjective proh-por-tsyoh-NAH-toh Rare
Also means
well-proportioned
Usage Note
Proporzionato describes something scaled or sized in proper relation to something else: una pena proporzionata al reato (a sentence proportionate to the crime). In legal Italian it is a key concept in proportionality (principio di proporzionalità). It agrees in gender and number: proporzionata, proporzionati, proporzionate.
Examples
"La punizione deve essere proporzionata alla gravità del reato."
Natural Translation
The punishment must be proportionate to the severity of the crime.

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