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incolonnamento

traffic queue

noun een-koh-lohn-nah-MEN-toh Rare
Travel & Places Transportation

Also means

column formation

Usage Note

Incolonnamento is the everyday Italian word for a traffic jam in the sense of a long queue of vehicles — not the gridlock sense of ingorgo. It also means the act of arranging troops or items in columns. The plural is regular: gli incolonnamenti.

Examples

"C'è un lungo incolonnamento in autostrada."

Natural Translation

There is a long queue on the motorway.

Literal Translation

There-is a long queue on motorway.

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