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Italian

staff

noun · masculineB1
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 5,217

Meaning

staff, team

  • the group of people who work for an organization, business, or event

In a sentence

Lo staff dell'albergo è stato molto gentile con noi.

The hotel staff was very kind to us.

Abbiamo assunto due nuovi tecnici nel nostro staff.

We hired two new technicians into our staff.

Tutto lo staff parteciperà alla riunione di domani mattina.

All the staff will participate in tomorrow morning's meeting.

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

Usage notes

  • Takes the article 'lo' due to the 's+consonant' cluster: 'lo staff'.
  • A collective singular noun; takes singular verbs in Italian: 'lo staff è pronto' (not *sono).

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