Meaning
shelter; canopy
- covered structure at a bus or tram stop
- small roof projecting out to give shelter
In a sentence
Aspetto il bus sotto la pensilina.
I'm waiting for the bus under the shelter.
Dov'è la pensilina del tram?
Where is the tram shelter?
La pensilina non protegge dalla pioggia.
The shelter doesn't protect from the rain.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| pensilina | feminine · singular |
| pensiline | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Often means the shelter at a bus stop.
- Common with fermata, autobus, tram.
- Not the same as panchina, which means 'bench'.