dato di fatto

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “given of fact”.

Noun

dato di fatto m (plural dati di fatto)

  1. (idiomatic) something certain and verifiable; fact
    Synonym: fatto
    • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
      L'amava e non l'avrebbe tradita; ma questo era un dato di fatto, che aveva assimilato come una regola matematica.
      He loved her and would not betray her; but that was only a fact, known as he knew the rules of arithmetic.
      (literally, “He loved her and would not have betrayed her; but this was a fact, which he had assimilated like a mathematical rule.”)
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