Finding Your Way Around
This section presents some useful words and phrases to help you navigate the open road.
Street Smarts
accident |
un incidente oon een-chee-DEHN-tay |
all routes/ directions |
tutte le direzioni toot-teh leh dee-rehts-YOH-nee |
bypass road |
un tangenziale oon tahn-jehnts-YAH-lay |
dead end |
strada senza uscita strah-dah sehn-tsah oo-SHEE-tah |
diesel |
il diesel eel dee-zehl |
driver |
l'autista lahw-TEES-tah |
gas |
la benzina lah behn-TSEE-nah |
gas station |
un distributore di benzina oon dees-tree-boo-TOH-ray dee ben- TSEE-nah |
highway |
un'autostrada oon-AHW-toh-strah-dah |
lane |
una corsia oo-nah kohr-SEE-ah |
lights |
i fari ee fah-ree |
no parking |
vietato parcheggiare vee-eh-TAH-toh pahr-kehj-JAH-ray |
no stopping |
vietata la sosta vee-eh-TAH-tah lah sohs-tah |
one way |
senso unico sehn-soh OO-nee-koh |
pedestrian |
il pedonale eel peh-doh-NAH-lay |
pedestrian crosswalk |
le strisce pedonali le stree-sheh peh-doh-NAH-lee |
rush hour |
l' ora di punta loh-rah dee poon-tah |
speed limit |
il limite di velocità eel LEE-mee-teh dee veh-loh-chee-TAH |
stop |
stop stohp |
traffic lights |
il semaforo eel seh-MAH-foh-roh |
Car Talk
car |
una macchina/un' automobile/un'auto oo-nah MAH-kee-nah/oon ahw-toh-MOH-bee- leh/oon ahw-toh |
car hood |
il cofano eel KOH-fah-noh |
radio |
la radio lah RAH-dee-oh |
rearview mirror |
lo specchietto loh spehk-KYEH-toh |
seatbelt |
la cintura di sicurezza lah cheen-TOO-rah dee see-koo-REHTS-sah |
steering wheel |
il volante eel voh-LAHN-tay |
tire |
la gomma/il pneumatico lah gohm-mah/eel neh-oo-MAH-tee-koh |
trunk |
il bagagliaio eel bah-GAHL-yeye-oh (pronounced like the English “eye”) |
windshield |
la parabrezza lah pah-rah-BREHTS-sah |
windshield wipers |
i tergicristalli ee tehr-jee-krees-TAHL-lee |

