stop

noun stop Rare

Origin: English loanword

Also means

full stop (punctuation)

Usage Note

Stop is used in Italian as an invariable masculine noun — uno stop, gli stop. As a road sign it means a stop sign (rispettare gli stop = 'to obey stop signs'). In informal speech stop! is used as an interjection to mean 'that's enough' or 'end of story' (e stop = 'and that's that'). In older telegraphic Italian, stop was used as a full stop marker between sentences.

Examples

"Devi fermarti a ogni stop."

Natural Translation

You must stop at every stop sign.

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