dare il la

Italian

Verb

dàre il la (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) il la, first-person singular past historic dièdi il la or diédi il la or détti il la or (traditional) dètti il la, past participle dàto il la, first-person singular future darò il la, first-person singular subjunctive dìa il la, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive déssi il la, second-person singular imperative dài il la or dà' il la, auxiliary avére)

  1. (idiomatic) to begin; to initiate
    Synonym: dare il diapason
    Dobbiamo dare il la alla costruzione del ponte.
    We have to begin the bridge construction.

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