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annegamento

drowning

noun ahn-neh-gah-MEN-toh Rare

Usage Note

Annegamento denotes the act or event of drowning. Morire per annegamento ('to die by drowning') is the standard medical/legal phrase. The related verb is annegare (to drown), which uses essere when intransitive and avere when transitive.

Examples

"Il bagnino ha prevenuto un annegamento."

Natural Translation

The lifeguard prevented a drowning.

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