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portuale

port, harbour-related

adjective por-TWAH-leh Rare

Usage Note

Portuale is the relational adjective for porto ('port'). It commonly appears in lavoratore portuale ('dock worker, longshoreman') and attività portuale ('port activity'). As a noun, un portuale (masculine) means a dock worker; the plural i portuali refers to dock workers as a group.

Examples

"I lavoratori portuali hanno scioperato ieri."

Natural Translation

The dock workers went on strike yesterday.

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