a dir tanto

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Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, to say much.

Adverb

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a dir tanto

  1. used to suggest an overstatement
    • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
      In tutto, l'incidente era durato, a dir tanto, mezzo minuto.
      The whole incident could not have taken as much as half a minute.
      (literally, “All told, the incident lasted, to exaggerate, half a minute.”)

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