tocco finale

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “final touch”.

Noun

tocco finale m (plural tocci finali)

1. finishing touch
   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 27, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     Tornai nella West Wing e mi sedetti con Ben per dare il tocco finale al mio discorso.

     Back in the West Wing, I sat with Ben to put the finishing touches on my remarks.

     (literally, “I came back to the West Wing, and I sat down with Ben to give my speech the finishing touch.”)