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ritorno

return

noun ree-TOHR-noh Less Common

Origin: from 'ritornare'

Also means

comeback

Usage Note

Ritorno is masculine, plural ritorni, and travel signs use it constantly: biglietto di andata e ritorno is a 'round-trip ticket'. The phrase di ritorno means 'on the way back', and football's partita di ritorno is the return leg.

Examples

"Il viaggio di ritorno è lungo."

Natural Translation

The return trip is long.

Literal Translation

The trip of return is long.

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