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ampliamento

enlargement

noun ahm-plyah-MEN-toh Rare
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Also means

expansion

Usage Note

Ampliamento refers to the enlargement or expansion of something physical or abstract (ampliamento di un edificio — extension of a building; ampliamento del vocabolario — vocabulary expansion). It is a deverbal noun from ampliare (to enlarge). The plural is ampliamenti. Related: amplio is not standard Italian; the correct adjective is ampio (wide, ample).

Examples

"I lavori di ampliamento dell'ospedale sono iniziati."

Natural Translation

The expansion works on the hospital have begun.

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