ammesso che

Italian

Etymology

Literally, admitted that.

Conjunction

ammesso che (with subj.)

  1. if
    Synonym: se
    ammesso che tu abbia raggioneeven if you are right
    glielo darò, ammesso che lo veda
    I'll give it to him, if I see him
  2. supposing that
    Synonyms: supponendo che, nel caso che
    ammesso e non concesso che
    for the sake of argument
    (literally, “supposing and not conceding that”)
  3. provided that
    Synonyms: purché, a patto che
    • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 21, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
      Terzo, i Paesi ricchi avrebbero devoluto a quelli poveri miliardi di dollari in contributi per finanziare strategie di mitigazione e adattamento ai cambiamenti climatici, ammesso che questi Paesi poveri rispettassero i loro (assai più modesti) impegni.
      Third, wealthy countries would provide poor countries with billions of dollars in aid for climate mitigation and adaptation, so long as those poor countries met (much more modest) commitments.
      (literally, “Third, the rich countries would have given the poor ones billions of dollars in contributions to finance mitigation strategies and adaptation to climate change, provided that these poor countries respected their (much more modest) commitments.”)
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