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edificio

building

noun eh-dee-FEE-choh Common

Origin: from Latin 'aedificium'

Usage Note

Edificio is a building, usually a large or institutional one; for a home you would say casa or palazzo. Because it ends in stressed-adjacent -cio, the plural drops to edifici with a single 'i'.

Examples

"L'edificio è molto antico."

Natural Translation

The building is very old.

Literal Translation

The building is very old.

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