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radar

radar

noun RAH-dahr Common

Origin: English acronym 'radio detection and ranging'

Usage Note

Radar is a borrowed English acronym and, like most foreign loanwords, stays invariable in the plural: i radar. The figurative essere sul radar ('to be on the radar') has entered everyday Italian too.

Examples

"Il radar ha rilevato l'aereo."

Natural Translation

The radar detected the plane.

Literal Translation

The radar has detected the-plane.

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