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arbitro

referee

noun AHR-bee-troh Less Common

Origin: from Latin arbiter

Also means

arbiter

Usage Note

Arbitro is the sports referee or umpire, central to football talk, and also an arbiter or judge in a dispute. Stress falls on the first syllable, unlike English; the feminine is arbitra.

Examples

"L'arbitro ha fischiato un rigore."

Natural Translation

The referee whistled a penalty.

Literal Translation

The-referee has whistled a penalty.

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