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ambulanza

ambulance

noun ahm-boo-LAHN-tsah Rare

Origin: From Latin ambulare (to walk), via French ambulance.

Usage Note

Ambulanza is always feminine and takes the elided article l'ambulanza in the singular. The stress falls on the penultimate syllable (am-bu-LAN-za). You may hear chiamare un'ambulanza (to call an ambulance) in emergency contexts.

Examples

"L'ambulanza è arrivata in cinque minuti."

Natural Translation

The ambulance arrived in five minutes.

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