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mozione

motion

noun moh-TSYOH-neh Rare
People & Society Politics

Origin: From Latin motio, from movere (to move).

Also means

proposal

Usage Note

Mozione is a parliamentary or formal assembly term for a motion or proposal put to a vote: presentare una mozione (to table a motion), mozione di sfiducia (vote of no confidence). It is feminine, like all nouns ending in -zione. In everyday speech, proposta is the natural word for a general proposal.

Examples

"Il partito ha presentato una mozione di sfiducia."

Natural Translation

The party tabled a motion of no confidence.

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