perfezionamento

improvement

noun per-feh-tsyoh-NAH-men-toh Rare

Also means

refinement

Usage Note

Perfezionamento implies bringing something closer to perfection — stronger than miglioramento (general improvement). It is often used in professional and technical contexts: corso di perfezionamento denotes an advanced or specialist course. The plural is perfezionamenti.

Examples

"Ha seguito un corso di perfezionamento linguistico."

Natural Translation

She took an advanced language course.

Literal Translation

She followed a course of linguistic refinement.

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