Consegniamo l'elaborato entro il termine di consegna.

Consegniamo is the 1st person plural present tense of consegnare, which can mean to deliver, to hand in, or to submit, depending on context.

So:

• consegno = I submit
• consegni = you submit
• consegniamo = we submit

In a sentence about an elaborato and a deadline, submit/hand in is often the most natural English meaning.

Also, this same form can sometimes mean let’s submit, but in this sentence it is understood as we submit / we are submitting.

Italian often drops subject pronouns when they are not needed.

The ending -iamo already tells you the subject is noi = we, so noi is unnecessary here.

• (Noi) consegniamo l'elaborato... = We submit the paper...

Italian uses pronouns like noi mainly for:

• emphasis
• contrast
• clarity

So the sentence without noi sounds completely normal.

Because elaborato begins with a vowel, il becomes l' before it.

This is called elision.

So:

• il libro
• il compito
• but l'elaborato

This is very common in Italian with singular articles before vowels:

• l'amico
• l'idea
• l'esercizio

Here elaborato is a noun, not an adjective.

In this context it usually means something like:

• paper
• written assignment
• report
• piece of work

It often sounds a bit more formal or academic than compito.

A useful thing to know: although it looks a little like the English word elaborate, it does not mean that here. In this sentence, it refers to a finished written work or assignment.

Entro means by or within, especially with time limits and deadlines.

So:

• entro domani = by tomorrow
• entro una settimana = within a week
• entro il termine di consegna = by the submission deadline

It is the natural choice when you want to say something must happen before a deadline expires.

Il termine di consegna means the submission deadline or delivery deadline.

Breakdown:

• termine = term, limit, deadline
• di consegna = of submission / of delivery

So the whole phrase means the deadline connected with handing something in.

In natural English, you would usually translate the whole phrase as:

• the deadline
• the submission deadline

rather than word-for-word.

Because they are different grammatical forms from the same word family.

• consegniamo = verb = we submit / deliver
• consegna = noun = delivery / submission

So the sentence uses:

• a verb to describe the action
• a noun to describe the deadline related to that action

This kind of repetition is completely normal in Italian, even if it sounds a bit repetitive in English.

Il is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• il termine = the deadline
• un termine = a deadline

Using il suggests that this is a specific, known deadline, not just any deadline.

That is very natural in contexts like school, work, or administration, where there is usually one established submission date.

Yes, consegniamo is grammatically present tense.

But in Italian, the present tense can often be used for the near future, especially when the time is clear from context.

So depending on the situation, this sentence could mean:

• We submit the paper by the deadline
• We are submitting the paper by the deadline
• We will submit the paper by the deadline

Italian uses the present tense more broadly than English often does.

Yes. Italian word order is fairly flexible.

For example, you could say:

• Entro il termine di consegna, consegniamo l'elaborato.

That puts more focus on the time limit.

The original order is very neutral:

• verb
• object
• time phrase

So Consegniamo l'elaborato entro il termine di consegna sounds natural and straightforward.

It sounds fairly formal or institutional.

That comes mainly from:

• elaborato
• termine di consegna

In more everyday speech, people might say something simpler like:

• Consegniamo il compito entro la scadenza.

That said, the original sentence is perfectly normal in academic, administrative, or official contexts.

Yes, but the nuance is slightly different.

• entro il termine di consegna = by the submission deadline / within the allowed time
• prima del termine di consegna = before the submission deadline

Both are possible, but entro is especially common when talking about compliance with a deadline.

It emphasizes staying within the allowed limit, while prima di / prima del simply means earlier than that point.

The apostrophe shows that a vowel has been dropped.

• full form: lo or la in some cases
• shortened form before a vowel: l'

Here you pronounce it as one smooth unit:

• l'elaborato

The apostrophe is very common in Italian and usually signals that one word flows directly into the next vowel-starting word.