Meaning
document
- ID document
In a sentence
Ho perso un documento ieri.
I lost a document yesterday.
Hai un documento d'identità?
Do you have an ID document?
Non trovo i documenti nella mia borsa.
I can't find the documents in my bag.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| documento | masculine · singular |
| documenti | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use documento for official or written documents; for a school paper or essay, tema or relazione is often more natural.
- For ID, Italians often say documento d'identità or just documenti in the plural when asked by police or at the airport.
- At work and in bureaucracy, documento is neutral and common; file is often used for digital files, not always documento.