appellare

Italian Word: appellare

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Meaning in English

The verb appellare in Italian means to appeal. It can be used in different contexts:

1. Legal sense: To make a formal appeal or request for a higher court to review a decision made by a lower court.

2. General sense: To call, address, or name someone in a particular way.

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Breakdown and Usage

• Latin root: From Latin "appellare" meaning "to call upon, address".
• Conjugation: Regular -are verb in Italian.

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Synonyms in Italian

• In legal context (to appeal):

  • ricorrere (to recours, to appeal)
  • impugnare (to contest, to challenge)
  • fare ricorso (to file an appeal)

• In general context (to call, address):

  • chiamare (to call)
  • denominare (to name, to denote)
  • designare (to designate)

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Antonyms

• In legal context:

  • accettare (to accept) — in the sense of not contesting
  • concordare (to agree)

• In general context:

  • Not commonly used antonyms, but perhaps the opposite of naming might be ignorare (to ignore)

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Examples:

• Legal context:
  L'avvocato ha deciso di appellare la sentenza.
  (The lawyer decided to appeal the sentence.)

• General context:
  In quel quartiere, chiamano quel ragazzo "il campione".
  (In that neighborhood, they call that boy "the champion".)

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In summary, appellare primarily serves to denote the action of appealing a decision or calling someone by a certain name.