dare i natali

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Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, to give the births.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive with a) to be the birthplace (of)
    • 2020 October 21, Alberto Flores D'Arcais, “Elezioni Usa, Obama contro Trump: "La sua presidenza è un reality show" [US election, Obama against Trump: "His presidency is a reality show"]”, in la Repubblica[1]:
      A tredici giorni dal voto Barack Obama scende in campo, nella Philadelphia che ha dato i natali alla Costituzione degli Stati Uniti, con un attacco senza precedenti a un presidente in carica da parte di uno che alla Casa Bianca c'è stato per otto anni.
      Thirteen days before the vote, Barack Obama takes to campaigning, in the Philadelphia that was the birthplace of the Constitution of the United States, with an attack without precedent to a president in office by someone who had been in the White House for eight years.