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pompa

pump

noun POHM-pah Rare

Also means

pomp

Usage Note

Pompa has two unrelated senses: a mechanical pump (la pompa dell'acqua, water pump; la pompa di benzina, petrol/gas pump) and ceremonial pomp or display (in pompa magna, in great pomp). Context makes them unmistakable. Pompe funebri (funeral parlor) uses the 'ceremony' sense.

Examples

"La pompa dell'acqua è rotta."

Natural Translation

The water pump is broken.

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