pneumatico
tyre
noun pneh-oo-MAH-tee-koh Rare
Origin: From Greek pneumatikos, 'of air or wind'.
Also means
pneumatic
Usage Note
Pneumatico as a noun means a car or bicycle tyre; as an adjective it means 'pneumatic' (air-powered). The plural pneumatici is regular. Learners should note that Italian uses pneumatico in formal contexts and gomma colloquially for a tyre — ho bucato una gomma is far more natural in speech than ho bucato un pneumatico.
Examples
"Il pneumatico anteriore è sgonfio."
Natural Translation
The front tyre is flat.
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