🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

candidato

Pronunciation / Transliteration: candidato

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
nominee/ˌnɒmɪˈniː/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ogni candidato spera di vincere il premio."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is proposed as a candidate for an office or award.

    "She is a nominee for the best actress award."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

From Latin nominatus, past participle of nominare ('to name'), formed in English with the suffix -ee.

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