What does scontare in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word scontare in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use scontare in Italian.
The word scontare in Italian means reduce, mark down, serve, expect, predict, pay off, extinguish, serve a term of imprisonment. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word scontare
reduce, mark downverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (diminuire il prezzo) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Normalmente gli articoli scontati sono quelli rimasti e quelli difettati. Reduced items are normally those that are left or that are faulty. |
serveverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (espiare) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Il prigioniero ha scontato quasi tutta la sua pena e tornerà in libertà il prossimo anno. The prisoner has served nearly all his sentence and will be released next year. |
expect, predictverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (dare per certo) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") La vittoria di King Crimson nel Grand Prix è scontata. King Crimson's Grand Prix win was expected (or: predicted). |
pay off, extinguishverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (finanza (estinguere) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Nicola ha scontato il mutuo in venti rate. Nicola paid off the mortgage in twenty installments. |
serve a term of imprisonment(law, punishment) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
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