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getto

jet, stream

noun JET-toh Rare
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Origin: From 'gettare' (to throw, to cast), from Latin 'iactare'.

Also means

casting (metallurgy)

Usage Note

Getto describes a forceful stream of liquid or gas (un getto d'acqua, a jet of water; un getto di vapore, a jet of steam). In metallurgy it refers to a casting — the object formed by pouring metal. Di getto is an idiom meaning 'all at once, without stopping' — ha scritto il romanzo di getto (he wrote the novel in one go). Plural: getti.

Examples

"Un getto d'acqua ha spento l'incendio."

Natural Translation

A jet of water put out the fire.

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