ammettendo

Ammettendo is the present participle (gerund) of the Italian verb ammettere, meaning to admit, acknowledge, or allow. In Italian, the gerund is used to connect clauses and to indicate a premise or concession, so ammettendo is commonly translated as “admitting that” or “assuming that” in English.

Etymology and formation: Ammettendo is formed from the infinitive ammettere. The gerund in Italian is created by replacing -ere with -endo, and in this case the stem preserves the double t from the verb’s structure: ammett- + -endo yields ammettendo. The word ultimately traces to Latin admittere (ad- + mittere).

Usage: Ammettendo is relatively formal and more frequent in written Italian, legal, or argumentative prose. It introduces a clause that presents a premise before arguing a consequence: Ammettendo che sia vero, dobbiamo rivedere le nostre conclusioni (Assuming that it is true, we must revisit our conclusions). It can also introduce hypothetical scenarios: Ammettendo che la tua ipotesi sia corretta, il modello funzionerebbe (Assuming that your hypothesis is correct, the model would work). In everyday speech, speakers often prefer alternatives such as supponendo che or se si considera che.

Related forms: The past participle is ammesso; the noun ammissione means admission. The verb ammettere belongs to the same family as other derivatives like ammesso, ammettere, and ammissione, which share the semantic field of acknowledgement and acceptance.