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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