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navigare

to navigate

verb nah-vee-GAH-reh Rare
Communication Technology

Origin: From Latin navigare (to sail), from navis (ship).

Also means

to browse (the internet)

Usage Note

Navigare has broadened from its literal nautical sense to everyday digital use: navigare su Internet or navigare in rete means 'to browse the internet'. The auxiliary in compound tenses is avere: ho navigato. The figurative phrase navigare a vista ('to navigate by sight') means to improvise or fly by the seat of one's pants.

Examples

"Navigava su Internet tutto il giorno."

Natural Translation

He was browsing the internet all day.

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