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scaletta

agenda

noun skah-LET-tah Rare
Communication Writing

Origin: Diminutive of scala (staircase, ladder).

Also means

short ladder

Usage Note

Scaletta has two distinct uses: literally it is a small ladder or short flight of steps (la scaletta dell'aereo, the aircraft steps). In professional and journalistic Italian, scaletta means a running order or outline — the agenda of a programme or the structure of a script: la scaletta del telegiornale. Context usually makes the meaning clear.

Examples

"Il conduttore ha modificato la scaletta all'ultimo minuto."

Natural Translation

The presenter changed the running order at the last minute.

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