centrocampo

midfield

noun chen-troh-KAHM-poh Rare

Also means

centre of the pitch

Usage Note

Centrocampo is a football compound (centro + campo) for the midfield area or the centre circle of a pitch. The players who play there are centrocampisti (midfielders). It is invariable in some uses (il centrocampo, always singular when referring to the zone), but i centrocampi exists when referring to multiple pitches' midfield sections. The word is almost exclusively a football term.

Examples

"Il pallone è rimasto a lungo in centrocampo."

Natural Translation

The ball stayed in midfield for a long time.

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