dato di fatto

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “given of fact”.

Noun

dato di fatto m (plural dati di fatto)

1. (idiomatic) something certain and verifiable; fact

   Synonym: fatto

   • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:

     L'amava e non l'avrebbe tradita; ma questo era un dato di fatto, che aveva assimilato come una regola matematica.

     He loved her and would not betray her; but that was only a fact, known as he knew the rules of arithmetic.

     (literally, “He loved her and would not have betrayed her; but this was a fact, which he had assimilated like a mathematical rule.”)