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cerimonia

ceremony

noun cheh-ree-MOH-nyah Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'caerimonia'

Usage Note

Cerimonia is feminine, plural cerimonie. The idiom fare cerimonie means to stand on ceremony or fuss with politeness, so senza cerimonie means 'informally, without fuss'.

Examples

"La cerimonia inizia alle dieci."

Natural Translation

The ceremony starts at ten.

Literal Translation

The ceremony starts at-the ten.

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