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pneumatico

tyre

noun pneh-oo-MAH-tee-koh Rare

Origin: From Greek pneumatikos, 'of air or wind'.

Also means

pneumatic

Usage Note

Pneumatico as a noun means a car or bicycle tyre; as an adjective it means 'pneumatic' (air-powered). The plural pneumatici is regular. Learners should note that Italian uses pneumatico in formal contexts and gomma colloquially for a tyre — ho bucato una gomma is far more natural in speech than ho bucato un pneumatico.

Examples

"Il pneumatico anteriore è sgonfio."

Natural Translation

The front tyre is flat.

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