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scontro

clash

noun SKOHN-troh Less Common
People & Society Crime

Also means

collision

Usage Note

Scontro is a clash or collision, used for car crashes, military battles and heated arguments alike, as in uno scontro frontale ('a head-on collision'). Do not confuse it with scontrino ('sales receipt'), which looks similar but is unrelated.

Examples

"C'è stato uno scontro tra auto."

Natural Translation

There was a collision between cars.

Literal Translation

There-is been a clash between cars.

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