That straight and grey thing that the chicken keeps crossing.
Etymology: street in Italian comes from Latin strata.
Strada has two meanings in Italian.
The first translates the English street, road, and that’s the one we’ll be addressing here.
The second meaning is life, experience, and we’ll see it in one of our future Lingookies.
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La strada
The street
Le strade
The streets
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Adjectives for street in Italian
A strada can be…
ripida
steep
allagata
flooded
alberata
tree-lined
asfaltata
paved
sterrata
unpaved
privata
private
sinuosa
winding
congestionata
congested
deserta
deserted
dissestata
ruined, rough
inagibile
inaccessible
lastricata
cobbled
panoramica
panoramic
principale
main
secondaria
secondary
pedonale
pedestrian
trafficata
busy
urbana
urban
La strada principale si è allagata dopo il temporale.
The main street was flooded after the storm.
La strada panoramica è inagibile, devi passare da un’altra parte.
The panoramic road is inaccessible, you have to go another way.
Questa strada è deserta. Siamo sicuri di non esserci persi?
This road is deserted. Are we sure we didn’t get lost?
Verbs for street in Italian
You can…
affollare
throng
imboccare
take
bloccare
block
asfaltare
pave
attraversare
cross
percorrere
go down, walk down
indicare
indicate
occupare
occupy
riparare
fix
seguire
follow
smarrire
lose
ostruire
block off
Dei detriti ostruiscono la strada.
Debris are blocking off the road.
Imbocca la prima strada che trovi sulla sinistra.
Take the first road you find on your left.
Dark road
Accorciare la strada
To take a shortcut
Literally: To shorten the street
Fare strada
To guide someone along the way
Literally: To make street
Sbagliare strada
To take a wrong turn
Literally: To miss a road, to get a road wrong
Immettersi su una strada
To take a road
Literally: To insert oneself on a road
The street can… curvare (curve), condurre a (lead to), salire (go up) or scendere (go down).
La strada si biforca
The street divides
Literally: The street forks itself
Other collocations for street in Italian
Strada in salita
Street that goes uphill
Strada in discesa
Street that goes downhill
Strada a doppio senso
Two-way street
Strada a senso unico
One-way street
Strada di campagna
Country road
Strada di montagna
Mountain road
Tree-lined street
Usage examples of street in Italian
Ha sbagliato strada, si è immesso sulla provinciale.
He took a wrong turn, he took the provincial road.
La strada è inagibile a causa dei lavori in corso.
The street is inaccessible because of roadwork.
La gallina attraversò la strada.
The chicken crossed the road.
C’è stato un incidente e adesso la strada è affollata di gente.
There was a car crash and now the road is thronged with people.
Quella laggiù è una strada privata: non puoi passare da lì.
That there is a private road: you can’t get through there.
Segui la strada finché arrivi al ponte, poi svolta a sinistra.
Follow the road until you get to the bridge, then turn left.
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