aggiornamento

English

WOTD – 30 June 2011

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian aggiornamento.

Noun

aggiornamento

  1. A bringing up to date, especially of the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65; modernization.
    • 2002, Colin Jones,The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 249:
      Aggiornamento with the increasingly truculent magistrates was a major plank of Choiseul's recovery strategy for the state.

Translations


French

Etymology

From Italian

Noun

aggiornamento m (plural aggiornamentos)

  1. aggiornamento

Italian

Etymology

aggiornare + -mento

Noun

aggiornamento m (plural aggiornamenti)

  1. update, updating
  2. adjournment, recess

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

aggiornamento m (uncountable)

  1. aggiornamento (the reform of some teachings of the Roman Catholic Church in 1962-65)
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