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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