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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