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intervento

intervention

noun een-tehr-VEN-toh Common
People & Society Government

Origin: Latin interventus (a coming between)

Also means

speech

Usage Note

Intervento is masculine; the plural interventi is regular. Beyond the general sense of intervention or action, it specifically means a speech or contribution at a meeting (l'intervento del ministro — the minister's address), and in a medical context it means a surgical operation (intervento chirurgico). The related verb is intervenire.

Examples

"Il chirurgo ha eseguito un intervento difficile."

Natural Translation

The surgeon performed a difficult operation.

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