antiproiettile

bulletproof

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Usage Note

Antiproiettile is an invariable adjective — it does not change form for gender or number. It always appears before or after a noun unchanged: giubbotto antiproiettile (bulletproof vest), vetro antiproiettile (bulletproof glass). Compound adjectives beginning with anti- in Italian are typically invariable.

Examples

"Indossava un giubbotto antiproiettile."

Natural Translation

He was wearing a bulletproof vest.

Literal Translation

He was-wearing a vest bulletproof.

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