Meaning
pilot (aircraft or ship)
- driver (vehicle)
In a sentence
Il pilota ha salutato tutti prima del volo.
The pilot greeted everyone before the flight.
Chi è il pilota di Formula 1 che preferisci?
Who is your favorite Formula 1 driver?
Mio fratello non fa il pilota, guida autobus.
My brother isn't a pilot; he drives buses.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| pilota | masculine · singular |
| piloti | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use pilota for aircraft, racing, or figurative technical control roles; use autista for professional road drivers like taxi or bus drivers.
- For ordinary car driving, guidatore is more general than pilota; pilota sounds sporty, technical, or specialized.
- As a noun for a woman, both pilota and la pilota are common; the form usually does not change.