scalinata

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Italian

La scalinata di Trinità dei Monti, Roma.

Etymology

From scalino +‎ -ata.

Noun

scalinata f (plural scalinate)

  1. staircase, stairway (especially of public spaces)
    Synonyms: gradinata, scalea, scalone
    • 2018 December 9, Luisa Mosello, “Ubriaco finisce con l’auto sulla scalinata di Trinità dei Monti”, in La Stampa[1]:
      Per fortuna erano le 6,30 del mattino e i presenti erano pochi: non ci sono stati feriti ma poteva esserci una strage visto che giorno e notte la scalinata è sempre affollata di turisti provenienti da tutto il mondo.
      By luck it was 6:30 in the morning and there were few people present: there were no injuries but there could have been a massacre, as the staircase is always crowded with tourists from all over the world.
  2. flight of steps or stairs

Further reading

  • scalinata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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