Meaning
rear-end collision
- a collision where a vehicle crashes into the back of another; pile-up
In a sentence
C'è stato un grave tamponamento sull'autostrada questa mattina.
There was a serious rear-end collision on the motorway this morning.
Il traffico è bloccato a causa di un tamponamento a catena.
Traffic is blocked due to a multi-car pile-up.
Per fortuna nessuno è rimasto ferito nel tamponamento.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the collision.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| tamponamento | masculine · singular |
| tamponamenti | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Commonly heard in traffic reports ('tamponamento a catena' = multi-car pile-up).