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illegale

illegal

adjective eel-leh-GAH-leh Less Common

Origin: from Latin illegalis

Usage Note

Illegale ends in -e, so it serves both genders and pluralizes to illegali: *attività illegali'. It is the direct opposite of legale.

Examples

"Il parcheggio qui è illegale."

Natural Translation

Parking here is illegal.

Literal Translation

The parking here is illegal.

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