intuizione

intuition

noun een-too-ee-TSYOH-neh Rare

Origin: From Latin intuitio, from intueri (to look at).

Also means

insight

Usage Note

Intuizione refers to an immediate understanding or gut feeling. Avere l'intuizione di means 'to have the intuition to'. The plural intuizioni is regular. Related adjective: intuitivo/intuitiva. It is used both in everyday speech and in philosophical discourse.

Examples

"La sua intuizione si è rivelata corretta."

Natural Translation

Her intuition turned out to be correct.

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