parcheggio

car park

noun par-KEH-joh Rare

Origin: French parcage (parquer, to park)

Also means

parking space

Usage Note

Parcheggio is masculine and pluralises to parcheggi. It refers to both a car park (the facility) and the act of parking. The verb is parcheggiare. Note that parcheggio keeps a hard 'k' in parch- (from ch) but a soft, held 'gg' before i, giving the pronunciation par-KEG-jo.

Examples

"Non trovo parcheggio vicino al centro."

Natural Translation

I can't find parking near the centre.

Literal Translation

Not I-find parking near to-the centre

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