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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