invasione

invasion

noun een-vah-ZYOH-neh Rare

Origin: Latin invasio, from invadere (to invade)

Usage Note

Invasione is feminine and its plural is invasioni. It can be literal (invasione militare — military invasion) or figurative (invasione di turisti — tourist invasion, invasione di privacy — invasion of privacy). The related verb is invadere (to invade), which is irregular: past participle invaso.

Examples

"L'invasione straniera durò quasi vent'anni."

Natural Translation

The foreign invasion lasted almost twenty years.

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