visto

visa

noun VEE-stoh Less Common

Origin: From Latin visum (seen, examined), past participle of videre (to see).

Also means

endorsement

Usage Note

Visto in travel contexts means a visa stamp (visto d'ingresso). As an adjective or past participle of vedere it means 'seen' (l'ho visto). As an invariable conjunction visto che means 'seeing that / given that', which is very common in formal writing. The travel-document sense is masculine: il visto.

Examples

"Ho bisogno del visto per entrare in quel paese."

Natural Translation

I need a visa to enter that country.

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