a effetto

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “at effect”.

Prepositional phrase

a effetto

  1. meant for effect or to impress; striking, sensational
    • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 11, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
      ... riferire ciò che dice una parte (con breve dichiarazione a effetto)...
      Report what one side says (quick sound bite included).
      (literally, “... report what one side says (with a brief sensational remark)...”)
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