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soppresso

suppressed

adjective sohp-PRES-soh Rare

Also means

abolished

Usage Note

Soppresso is the past participle of sopprimere (to suppress, to abolish) used adjectivally. It describes something cancelled, abolished, or suppressed — una fermata soppressa is 'a cancelled stop' (on a train), un giornale soppresso is 'a suppressed newspaper'. It agrees in gender and number: soppressa / soppressi / soppresse.

Examples

"Il treno ha una fermata soppressa oggi."

Natural Translation

The train has a cancelled stop today.

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