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navigatore

navigator

noun nah-vee-gah-TOH-reh Rare

Also means

GPS device

Usage Note

Navigatore is masculine; feminine navigatrice; plural navigatori. Historically it means a seafaring navigator; in modern Italian it very commonly means a GPS satnav device (il navigatore mi ha portato fuori strada — the GPS led me astray). The compound navigatore satellitare is the full term for GPS device.

Examples

"Ho messo l'indirizzo nel navigatore."

Natural Translation

I put the address in the GPS.

Literal Translation

I-have put the address in-the navigator.

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