Skip to content

orientamento

orientation

noun oh-ree-en-tah-MEN-toh Less Common
Mind & Emotions Attitudes

Also means

guidance

Usage Note

Orientamento covers spatial orientation (perdere l'orientamento = to lose one's bearings), career or academic guidance (orientamento scolastico/professionale = school/career counselling), and general direction or stance (orientamento politico = political orientation). The verb is orientarsi (to get one's bearings, to orient oneself), which takes essere as its auxiliary.

Examples

"Lo sportello offre un servizio di orientamento universitario."

Natural Translation

The office offers a university guidance service.

Explore Italian by topic