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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