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colturale

agricultural

adjective kohl-too-RAH-leh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'cultura' (cultivation)

Also means

crop-related

Usage Note

Colturale relates to crop cultivation and is a false friend: it is not culturale ('cultural'), but comes from coltura (a crop). Ending in -e, it is invariable in the singular and becomes colturali in the plural.

Examples

"Hanno cambiato la pratica colturale."

Natural Translation

They changed the crop-growing practice.

Literal Translation

They-have changed the practice agricultural.

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