Meaning
speedometer
- an instrument on a vehicle indicating its instantaneous speed
In a sentence
Ho guardato il tachimetro e mi sono accorto che stavo accelerando.
I looked at the speedometer and realized I was speeding up.
Il tachimetro dell'auto segnava già centoventi chilometri all'ora.
The car's speedometer already read one hundred and twenty kilometers per hour.
Come mai il tachimetro non funziona dopo la riparazione?
Why isn't the speedometer working after the repair?
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| tachimetro | masculine · singular |
| tachimetri | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Stress is proparoxytone (on the 'i'): /taˈki.me.tro/.