a effetto

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “at effect”.

Prepositional phrase

a effetto

1. meant for effect or to impress; striking, sensational
   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 11, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     ... riferire ciò che dice una parte (con breve dichiarazione a effetto)...

     Report what one side says (quick sound bite included).

     (literally, “... report what one side says (with a brief sensational remark)...”)