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nuvola

cloud

noun NOO-voh-lah Rare
Animals & Nature Weather

Origin: Latin nebula (mist, cloud)

Usage Note

Nuvola is the everyday word for cloud; the more technical/poetic form is nube. The plural nuvole is regular. Italian uses essere tra le nuvole (to be among the clouds) to mean 'to have one's head in the clouds', equivalent to the English expression. Nuvoloso means cloudy.

Examples

"Una nuvola copre il sole."

Natural Translation

A cloud covers the sun.

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