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stage

internship

noun STAYJ Rare

Origin: French stage (period of training), adopted into Italian.

Also means

work placement

Usage Note

Stage is a French-origin loanword fully adopted in Italian to mean a work placement or internship, especially for students. It is invariable: lo stage, gli stage (plural unchanged). The Italian-purist equivalent is tirocinio, but stage dominates in everyday speech and job advertisements. Fare uno stage means 'to do an internship'.

Examples

"Ho fatto uno stage in un'azienda durante l'università."

Natural Translation

I did an internship at a company during university.

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