rappresentazione

performance

noun rahp-preh-zen-tah-TSYOH-neh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'repraesentatio'

Also means

representation

Usage Note

Rappresentazione covers both a theatrical performance and an abstract representation, as in rappresentazione grafica ('graph, chart'). Like most -zione nouns it is feminine, pluralizing to rappresentazioni. Note the false-friend pull: it is not a 'representative' (that is rappresentante).

Examples

"La rappresentazione inizia alle otto."

Natural Translation

The performance starts at eight.

Literal Translation

The performance starts at-the eight.

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