spetta a te scegliere

spetta a te scegliere

it's up to you to choose

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→  spettare

questo spetta a te this is yours

non spetta a te giudicare it's not up to you to judge

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spettare v. intr.

1 to be (for s.o.), to be up (to s.o.); to be one's business, to be one's concern: spetta a lui pensare a tutto questo, it is for him (o it is up to him) to think of all these things; non spetta a te giudicare queste cose, it's not your business to judge these things; spetta a noi pagare, it is up to us (o it's our turn) to pay; questa volta spetta a te decidere, this time it's your turn to decide

2 ( competere) to be due, to be owed: ricevette quanto gli spettava, he was paid his due; vi spetta una forte somma, a large sum is due to you.

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verbo intransitivo (aus. essere)

1) (essere compito di)

2) (competere) to be* due

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spettare

/spet'tare/ [1]

verbo intransitivo

(aus. essere)

 1 (essere compito di) spetta a te scegliere it's up to you to choose; non spetta a me fare it's not my place to do

 2 (competere) to be* due; rivendico solo ciò che mi spetta I'm only claiming what I'm entitled to; mi spettano dieci giorni di ferie I'm due ten days' holiday.