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1 circostanza
f circumstance( occasione) occasion* * *circostanza s.f. circumstance; occasion: concorso di circostanze, combination of circumstances; in quella circostanza, on that occasion; in queste circostanze, in (o under) the present circumstances; secondo le circostanze, according to circumstances; disse alcune parole di circostanza, he said a few words suitable for the occasion; approfittare delle circostanze, to seize the opportunity; dipendere dalle circostanze, to depend (up)on circumstances; un insieme di circostanze negative ha fatto fallire l'azienda, a series of negative circumstances made the firm go bankrupt // (dir.): circostanza aggravante, aggravating circumstance; circostanza attenuante, extenuating circumstance.* * *[tʃirkos'tantsa]sostantivo femminile1) (condizione, situazione) circumstances pl., situation2) di circostanza [discorso, sorriso] forced; [ saluto] perfunctory; [poesia, musica] occasional form.•circostanza aggravante — dir. aggravating circumstance
- e attenuanti — dir. mitigating circumstances o factors
* * *circostanza/t∫irkos'tantsa/sostantivo f.1 (condizione, situazione) circumstances pl., situation; circostanza favorevole favourable situation; date le -e given the circumstances; in -e normali under normal circumstances2 di circostanza [discorso, sorriso] forced; [ saluto] perfunctory; [poesia, musica] occasional form.circostanza aggravante dir. aggravating circumstance; - e attenuanti dir. mitigating circumstances o factors. -
2 circostanza sf
[tʃirkos'tantsa](occasione) occasion, (situazione)circostanze sfpl — circumstances
date le circostanze — in view of o under the circumstances
date le circostanze, è stato un buon risultato — In the circumstances, it was a good result
circostanze aggravanti/attenuanti Dir — aggravating/mitigating circumstances
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3 circostanza
sf [tʃirkos'tantsa](occasione) occasion, (situazione)circostanze sfpl — circumstances
date le circostanze — in view of o under the circumstances
date le circostanze, è stato un buon risultato — In the circumstances, it was a good result
circostanze aggravanti/attenuanti Dir — aggravating/mitigating circumstances
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4 attenuante
f extenuating circumstance* * *attenuante agg. (dir.) extenuating, extenuatory, mitigating: circostanze attenuanti, extenuating circumstances (o mitigating factors)◆ s.f. (dir.) extenuating circumstance, extenuating proof.* * *[attenu'ante] Dir1. agg2. sfextenuating o mitigating circumstanceconcedere le attenuanti (generiche/specifiche) — to make allowances for the (general/particular) extenuating circumstances
* * *[attenu'ante] 1.aggettivo [ circostanze] extenuating, mitigating2.sostantivo femminile extenuating circumstance, mitigating circumstance, extenuationconcedere le -i — to grant extenuation; fig. to make allowances
* * *attenuante/attenu'ante/[ circostanze] extenuating, mitigatingII sostantivo f.extenuating circumstance, mitigating circumstance, extenuation; concedere le -i to grant extenuation; fig. to make allowances. -
5 discriminante
discriminante agg.1 discriminating, discriminant; discriminative: la razza non deve essere un fattore discriminante, race must not be a discriminating factor3 (mat.) discriminant◆ s.m. (mat.) discriminant◆ s.f. bar, basis* for discrimination: la disponibilità economica è una discriminante importante, income level is an important consideration (o criterion).* * *[diskrimi'nante]1. agg(fattore, elemento) decisive2. sfDir extenuating circumstance3. smMat discriminant* * *[diskrimi'nante] 1.aggettivo [carattere, fattore] discriminating2.sostantivo femminile1) dir. mitigating circumstance2) mat. discriminant* * *discriminante/diskrimi'nante/[carattere, fattore] discriminatingII sostantivo f.1 dir. mitigating circumstance2 mat. discriminant. -
6 attenuante
[attenu'ante] Dir1. agg2. sfextenuating o mitigating circumstanceconcedere le attenuanti (generiche/specifiche) — to make allowances for the (general/particular) extenuating circumstances
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7 circostanziato
circostanziato agg. circumstantial, detailed: un racconto circostanziato, a circumstantial account // (dir.) reato circostanziato, crime with mitigating, or aggravating, circumstances.
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circumstances — I noun accompanying events, attendant conditions, bases, changes, conditions, controlling factors, course of events, details, events, factors, facts, features, full particulars, governing factors, grounds, happenings, incidentals, instances,… … Law dictionary
