a effetto
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “at effect”.
Prepositional phrase
[edit]- meant for effect or to impress; striking, sensational
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 11, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
- ... riferire ciò che dice una parte (con breve dichiarazione a effetto)...
- Report what one side says (quick sound bite included).
- (literally, “... report what one side says (with a brief sensational remark)...”)