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fermare

stop

verb fehr-MAH-reh Less Common

Also means

halt

Usage Note

Fermare is transitive ('to stop something/someone'); to stop yourself or come to a halt use reflexive fermarsi (il treno si ferma qui). Warning false friend: it is unrelated to English 'farm' and never means to confirm.

Examples

"La polizia ha fermato l'auto."

Natural Translation

The police stopped the car.

Literal Translation

The police has stopped the-car.

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