What does patente in Italian mean?

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

The word patente in Italian means driving licence, permit, license, patent, obvious, glaring, licensed, suffer, endure, suffer, driver's license with a point system, driving licence, boat licence, get your drivers license. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word patente

driving licence

sostantivo femminile (patente di guida) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Gli hanno ritirato la patente per ubriachezza.
They revoked his driver's license for drink driving.

permit

sostantivo femminile (documento autorizzativo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ti hanno già rilasciato la patente di autorizzazione?
Have they already issued your authorization permit?

license

sostantivo femminile (autorizzazione per un'attività)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Non ho ancora ricevuto la patente e quindi non posso andare a caccia.
I haven't received my license yet so I can't go hunting.

patent, obvious, glaring

aggettivo (palese, manifesto)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Errori così sono patenti!
Errors like these are so obvious!

licensed

sostantivo femminile (figurato, spregiativo (qualifica negativa) (figurative, ironic)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Stavolta la patente d'imbecille non gliela toglie nessuno.
ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. He's a licensed idiot.

suffer, endure

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (stare male per [qlcs])

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Patì le pene dell'inferno durante gli anni di malattia.
He suffered the pains of hell during his years of illness.

suffer

verbo intransitivo (stare male, soffrire)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Ti vedo patire, ma non vuoi spiegarmi perché.
I can see you suffering, but you don't want to tell me why.

driver's license with a point system

driving licence

(UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Devo convertire la mia patente di guida entro la fine del mese.
I need to convert my driving licence by the end of the month.

boat licence

(UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Non sapevo che tuo figlio avesse la patente nautica.
I didn't know your son had a boat licence.

get your drivers license

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