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sanità

healthcare

noun sah-nee-TAH Less Common

Origin: from Latin sanitas

Also means

health system

Usage Note

Sanità usually refers to public health and the healthcare system (la sanità pubblica), not personal health, which is salute. Like all words ending in stressed -à, it is invariable: one sanità, many sanità.

Examples

"La sanità pubblica è gratuita."

Natural Translation

Public healthcare is free.

Literal Translation

The healthcare public is free.

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