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giallo

yellow

adjective JAHL-loh Less Common

Origin: from Latin galbinus

Also means

detective story

Usage Note

Giallo is the colour yellow, but as a noun it famously means a crime or detective story, because such books had yellow covers in a classic Mondadori series. An unsolved real-life mystery is also called un giallo.

Examples

"Ha comprato una macchina gialla."

Natural Translation

She bought a yellow car.

Literal Translation

Has bought a car yellow.

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