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Italian

minivan

/ˈmi.ni.van/noun · masculineB2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 36,208

Meaning

minivan, people carrier

  • A medium-sized passenger vehicle capable of carrying several passengers and luggage.

In a sentence

Abbiamo noleggiato un minivan per fare una gita in montagna tutti insieme.

We rented a minivan to go on a trip to the mountains all together.

Il minivan dell'albergo è già arrivato per portarci all'aeroporto?

Has the hotel's minivan already arrived to take us to the airport?

Non c'era abbastanza spazio nell'utilitaria, quindi abbiamo preso un minivan.

There wasn't enough space in the compact car, so we took a minivan.

Word forms (3)
WordWord forms
minivanmasculine · singular
minivanmasculine · plural
minivanmasculine · plural

Usage notes

  • Invariable loanword: 'il minivan', 'i minivan'.

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