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spedizione

expedition

noun speh-dee-TSYOH-neh Rare

Origin: From Latin expeditio, military campaign.

Also means

shipment

Usage Note

Spedizione has two main uses: a geographic or scientific expedition (una spedizione in Antartide) and the shipping of goods (spedizione postale). In everyday commerce it means dispatch or delivery. The plural spedizioni is regular.

Examples

"La spedizione del pacco richiede tre giorni."

Natural Translation

The shipment of the parcel takes three days.

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