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sbarramento

barrier

noun zbahr-rah-MEN-toh Rare

Origin: From sbarrare (to bar/block) + -mento (nominal suffix).

Also means

electoral threshold

Usage Note

Sbarramento in everyday language means a physical blockade or barrier. In Italian electoral law, sbarramento (also soglia di sbarramento) refers to the minimum vote-share threshold a party must reach to enter parliament — a meaning widely used in political news. The plural sbarramenti is regular.

Examples

"La soglia di sbarramento è al quattro per cento."

Natural Translation

The electoral threshold is at four per cent.

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