Meaning
road, traffic
- road
- traffic
- street
In a sentence
C'è molto traffico stradale in centro oggi.
There is a lot of road traffic downtown today.
Hai visto il cartello stradale nuovo?
Did you see the new road sign?
Non ho mai visto tanto traffico stradale.
I have never seen so much road traffic.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| stradale | masculine · singular |
| stradale | feminine · singular |
| stradali | masculine · plural |
| stradali | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use stradale mainly in fixed expressions: rete stradale, codice stradale, incidente stradale. For a road trip, say viaggio su strada, not viaggio stradale.
- For traffic, traffico stradale is standard. traffico alone is often enough in context; stradale distinguishes it from air, rail, or sea traffic.
- It follows normal adjective agreement: sicurezza stradale, controlli stradali, segnaletica stradale. Usually placed after the noun.