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lungaggine

tedious length, long-windedness

noun loon-GAHD-jee-neh Rare
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Usage Note

Lungaggine refers to excessive slowness or verbosity, typically of bureaucratic processes or speeches. The plural lungaggini is regular. Learners often confuse it with lunghezza (physical length) — lungaggine is always abstract and pejorative.

Examples

"Le lungaggini burocratiche sono insopportabili."

Natural Translation

Bureaucratic delays are unbearable.

Literal Translation

The long-windednesses bureaucratic are unbearable.

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