What does dettato in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word dettato in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use dettato in Italian.

The word dettato in Italian means dictation exercise, dictation, requirement, provision, postulate, dictate, articulate, dictate, instruct, prescribe, order, impose. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word dettato

dictation exercise

sostantivo maschile (esercizio di scrittura)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il dettato è l'incubo degli studenti di francese.
French students have nightmares about dictation exercises.

dictation

sostantivo maschile (testo dettato) (text)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il dettato è stato trascritto a penna.
The dictation was written down with a pen.

requirement, provision, postulate

sostantivo maschile (testo letterale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il dettato del regolamento è inequivocabile nel vietare l'ingresso ai non soci, ma nella pratica le cose sono sempre state gestite con un po' di flessibilità.
The provisions of the regulations prohibit non-members from entering, but things have always been dealt with with a bit of flexibility.

dictate, articulate

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (scandire, enunciare)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il mio è un cognome straniero e devo sempre dettarlo a tutti altrimenti lo scrivono sbagliato.
I always have to dictate the spelling of my foreign last name, or people write it down wrong.

dictate, instruct

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (indicare, stabilire)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Nella nostra associazione è sempre mancato una direzione che dettasse le linee guida da seguire.
Our association has always lacked management that dictates guidelines to follow.

prescribe, order

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (prescrivere, comandare)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il capo sa solo dettare regole e mai dialogare con i suoi dipendenti.
The boss only knows how to order us around, but not how to talk to us.

impose

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (imporre)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Mio padre detta sempre legge in famiglia e le sue decisioni non si possono mai mettere in discussione.
My father always imposes his rules on the family and there's never any room for discussion.

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