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estate

summer

noun eh-STAH-teh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'aestas'

Usage Note

Estate is feminine despite ending in -e, so it is l'estate calda. Use d'estate or in estate for 'in summer', and note the warm sympathy of the idiom estate di San Martino ('Indian summer'), a brief mild spell in November.

Examples

"In estate andiamo al mare."

Natural Translation

In summer we go to the seaside.

Literal Translation

In summer we-go to-the sea.

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