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

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