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sostituzione

substitution

noun soh-stee-TSYOH-neh Rare

Origin: Latin substitutio (substituere, to put in place of)

Also means

replacement

Usage Note

Sostituzione is feminine and pluralises regularly to sostituzioni. In sports contexts it specifically means a player substitution — fare una sostituzione — and appears frequently in football commentary. Its agent noun is il sostituto / la sostituta (substitute, stand-in).

Examples

"L'allenatore ha fatto una sostituzione al minuto sessanta."

Natural Translation

The coach made a substitution at minute sixty.

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