finestra

window

noun fee-NEH-strah Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'fenestra'

Usage Note

Finestra is a window in a wall or on a screen, plural finestre; a car or train window is instead the finestrino. The idiom affacciarsi alla finestra means 'to look out the window'. A booking or scheduling 'window' is also a finestra.

Examples

"Apri la finestra, fa caldo."

Natural Translation

Open the window, it's hot.

Literal Translation

Open the window, it-makes hot.

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