B2🔤 Letters I & L
Italian word
istanza
formal request, petition; instance (legal/formal)
Looks like
instance
an example or occurrence of something
⚠️ The trap
'Istanza' in everyday Italian means a formal legal/bureaucratic request, not an example. 'For instance' = 'per esempio', not 'per istanza'. 'In the first instance' (legal) = 'in prima istanza' — that overlap is the only case where they match.
To say "an example or occurrence of something" in Italian:
istanza (formal request); esempio (for example/instance)
"istanza" in English means:
formal request, petition; instance (legal/formal)
Example
"Ha presentato un'istanza al tribunale."
"He submitted a formal request to the court."
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