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automobilistico

automobile-related

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Also means

car (adj.)

Usage Note

Automobilistico is the adjective for anything to do with cars, as in settore automobilistico ('automotive sector') or incidente automobilistico ('car accident'). The masculine plural keeps the hard sound: automobilistici. The noun is automobile (f.), usually shortened to auto.

Examples

"L'industria automobilistica è in crisi."

Natural Translation

The automobile industry is in crisis.

Literal Translation

The-industry automobile is in crisis.

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