No. 897 in Italian
ammesso
Allowed; admitted.
In a sentence
Sono ammesso all'università che desideravo.
I have been admitted to the university I desired.
Here, 'ammesso' is used as a past participle of the verb 'ammettere', meaning 'admitted', indicating that someone gained entrance or approval to a place or institution.
Non è ammesso fumare in questa area.
Smoking is not allowed in this area.
In this context, 'ammesso' describes the allowance or permission for an action to take place; it is often used in rules or regulations.
Ammesso che tu abbia ragione, dobbiamo comunque affrontare le conseguenze.
Assuming that you are right, we must still face the consequences.
Here, 'ammesso' introduces a condition or assumption, functioning similarly to 'admitted or granted' as a way to hypothesize or concede a statement for the sake of argument.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “ammesso” in actual Italian podcasts.
Find “ammesso” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Italian podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into italiano, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Italian books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).