heypolyglot
Italian

illegale

/illeˈɡa.le/adjectiveB1
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 6,141

Meaning

illegal

  • prohibited by law, unlawful

In a sentence

Scaricare film protetti da copyright è illegale.

Downloading copyrighted movies is illegal.

È illegale parcheggiare l'auto davanti a questo cancello?

Is it illegal to park the car in front of this gate?

La polizia ha bloccato un traffico illegale di merci.

The police stopped an illegal trafficking of goods.

Word forms (4)
WordWord forms
illegalemasculine · singular
illegalefeminine · singular
illegalimasculine · plural
illegalifeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Antonym of legale.
  • Takes -e in the singular for both genders, and -i in the plural.

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