heypolyglot
Italian

concentrazione

/kontsentratˈtsjo.ne/noun · feminineB2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 6,223

Meaning

concentration; focus

  • mental focus and attention
  • act of gathering or accumulation in one place
  • amount of a substance present in a mixture

In a sentence

Per studiare mi serve molta concentrazione.

To study I need a lot of concentration.

Ci vuole molta concentrazione per fare questo lavoro.

It takes a lot of concentration to do this work.

Con tutto questo rumore ho perso la concentrazione.

With all this noise I lost my concentration.

Word forms (2)
WordWord forms
concentrazionefeminine · singular
concentrazionifeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Most common for mental focus: avere concentrazione or perdere la concentrazione.
  • Also used in science for levels of substances.
  • After perdere, the article is often used: perdere la concentrazione.

Related words

Opposites

Explore vocabulary lessons →