slittamento

slippage

noun zleet-tah-MEN-toh Rare

Origin: From 'slittare' (to slide, slip), possibly from Germanic roots.

Also means

delay

Usage Note

Slittamento originally describes a physical sliding or skidding (as of a vehicle), but in administrative and political Italian it most often means a postponement or slippage — slittamento dei tempi means a schedule delay. It is widely used in journalism and bureaucracy to describe deadlines that slip. The related verb is slittare.

Examples

"C'è stato uno slittamento della votazione."

Natural Translation

There was a delay in the vote.

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