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smog

smog

noun ZMOHG Less Common
Animals & Nature Environment

Origin: from English smog (smoke + fog)

Usage Note

Smog is an English loanword used unchanged in Italian, masculine and invariable in the plural. It denotes urban air pollution, often paired in lo smog cittadino. As with most English borrowings, its article is lo before the s plus consonant cluster.

Examples

"Lo smog copre la città."

Natural Translation

Smog covers the city.

Literal Translation

The smog covers the city.

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