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avvento

advent, arrival, coming

noun ahv-VEN-toh Less Common
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Origin: Latin adventus, 'arrival', from advenire, 'to come to'

Usage Note

Avvento has two registers: in secular use it means 'the advent/arrival' of something new (l'avvento della democrazia); capitalised, Avvento is the liturgical season of Advent preceding Christmas. The word is almost always used in formal or elevated language; everyday Italian would use arrivo for a simple arrival.

Examples

"L'avvento di internet ha cambiato tutto."

Natural Translation

The advent of the internet changed everything.

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