mettere in conto

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to put in account/calculation”.

Verb

méttere in conto (first-person singular present métto in conto, first-person singular past historic mìsi in conto, past participle mésso in conto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) to take into account

   Synonyms: tenere presente, fare il punto

   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 9, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     Quello che non avevo messo in conto era lo scoppio di una grave crisi finanziaria.

     What I hadn't counted on was a major financial crisis.

     (literally, “What I did not take into account was the outbreak of a grave financial crisis.”)