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politica

politics

noun poh-LEE-tee-kah Common
People & Society Politics

Origin: Greek politike, 'art of governing'

Also means

policy

Usage Note

Politica covers both 'politics' as a field and 'policy' as a specific course of action (la politica estera, foreign policy; la politica economica, economic policy). The adjective is politico/politica. As a noun, un politico is a politician. The plural le politiche is mainly used in the policy sense.

Examples

"Non mi piace parlare di politica."

Natural Translation

I don't like talking about politics.

Literal Translation

To-me not it-pleases to-talk about politics.

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