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sfondo

background

noun SFON-doh Rare
Arts & Culture Visual Arts

Also means

backdrop

Usage Note

Sfondo literally means the back of a pictorial space (from s- + fondo, bottom/depth). In computing, lo sfondo del desktop is the desktop wallpaper. It also carries figurative weight: sullo sfondo della guerra means 'against the backdrop of the war'. The plural is regular: gli sfondi.

Examples

"Lo sfondo della fotografia è sfocato."

Natural Translation

The background of the photograph is blurred.

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