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tregua

truce

noun TREH-gwah Rare

Also means

respite

Usage Note

Tregua is feminine and its plural is regular tregue. Beyond military use it describes a break from any hardship — una tregua dal caldo means a reprieve from the heat. The idiom senza tregua ('without respite') is fixed and very common in journalism.

Examples

"Le due parti hanno firmato una tregua."

Natural Translation

The two sides signed a truce.

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