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carreggiata

carriageway

noun kahr-rej-JAH-tah Rare

Also means

lane (road)

Usage Note

Carreggiata is feminine: la carreggiata. It refers to the paved roadway between kerbs, as distinct from the pavement. The idiomatic phrase tornare in carreggiata ('to get back on track') is very common in figurative Italian, meaning to get back to the right path after straying.

Examples

"Ha perso il controllo ed è uscito di carreggiata."

Natural Translation

He lost control and went off the carriageway.

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