heypolyglot
Italian

scheda

/ˈskɛ.da/noun · feminineB1
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Meaning

card

  • index card (piece of heavy paper stock used to record information to be stored in an index)
  • ballot
  • tab (navigational widget for switching between documents or sets of controls)

In a sentence

Ho perso la scheda del telefono ieri.

I lost the phone card yesterday.

Hai compilato la scheda per la biblioteca?

Did you fill out the library card form?

Clicca sulla scheda impostazioni, non sul profilo.

Click on the settings tab, not the profile.

Word forms (2)
WordWord forms
schedafeminine · singular
schedefeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • For payment or ID cards, Italian usually says carta or tessera, not scheda.
  • In tech, scheda often means a board/module: scheda video, scheda madre. For on-screen tabs, tab is also common.
  • Scheda is common for forms, records, and data sheets: scheda tecnica, scheda cliente, scheda prodotto.

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