violenza
violence
noun vyoh-LEN-tsah Less Common
Origin: from Latin 'violentia'
Also means
force
Usage Note
Violenza covers physical violence and, more abstractly, intensity or force, as in con violenza ('forcefully'). Note the phrase violenza domestica ('domestic violence'); the plural violenze refers to repeated violent acts.
Examples
"La violenza non risolve nulla."
Natural Translation
Violence solves nothing.
Literal Translation
The violence not solves nothing.
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