sostituzione
substitution
noun soh-stee-TSYOH-neh Rare
Origin: Latin substitutio (substituere, to put in place of)
Also means
replacement
Usage Note
Sostituzione is feminine and pluralises regularly to sostituzioni. In sports contexts it specifically means a player substitution — fare una sostituzione — and appears frequently in football commentary. Its agent noun is il sostituto / la sostituta (substitute, stand-in).
Examples
"L'allenatore ha fatto una sostituzione al minuto sessanta."
Natural Translation
The coach made a substitution at minute sixty.
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