giallorosso

yellow-and-red

adjective jahl-loh-ROHS-soh Rare

Usage Note

Giallorosso is a compound of giallo (yellow) and rosso (red), used primarily as the team colors of A.S. Roma football club. In Italian sports journalism the word often stands in for Roma itself: i giallorossi means 'the Roma players'. The plural giallorossi (m) / giallorosse (f) behaves like any two-ending adjective.

Examples

"Il capitano indossa la maglia giallorossa."

Natural Translation

The captain is wearing the yellow-and-red jersey.

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