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interruzione

interruption, break

noun een-ter-roo-TSYOH-neh Rare
Communication Speech

Also means

outage, power cut

Usage Note

Interruzione covers both a temporary pause (an interruzione del discorso — interruption of the speech) and a complete break (an interruzione di corrente — power outage). It is feminine: la interruzione, typically written l'interruzione. In legal contexts it also means the interruption of a statute of limitations.

Examples

"C'è stata un'interruzione della corrente stanotte."

Natural Translation

There was a power outage last night.

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