limitazione

limitation

noun lee-mee-tah-tsee-OH-neh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'limitatio'

Also means

restriction

Usage Note

Limitazione is the formal noun for a restriction or constraint, common in legal and bureaucratic Italian, as in limitazioni di velocità ('speed limits'). All Italian nouns ending in -zione are feminine, so it always takes la and pluralizes to le limitazioni.

Examples

"Ci sono limitazioni al traffico."

Natural Translation

There are restrictions on traffic.

Literal Translation

There-are limitations to-the traffic.

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