fuori

outside

adverb fwoh-REE Common

Origin: Latin foris (outside, out of doors)

Also means

out

Usage Note

Fuori functions as adverb ('outside'), preposition (fuori dalla città — 'outside the city'), and informal adjective (la porta è fuori — ambiguous, but fuori as 'out of order' is colloquial). The idiomatic essere fuori can mean 'to be crazy' in casual speech. Pair with dentro (inside) for the basic spatial contrast.

Examples

"I bambini giocano fuori nel giardino."

Natural Translation

The children are playing outside in the garden.

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