Meaning
roof
- cap (artificial upper limit)
In a sentence
Pioveva e l'acqua entrava dal tetto.
It was raining and water was coming in through the roof.
Hanno messo un tetto massimo alla spesa.
They set a maximum cap on spending.
Hai controllato se il tetto perde ancora?
Did you check if the roof is still leaking?
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| tetto | masculine · singular |
| tetti | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use tetto for a building’s roof; soffitto means ceiling, the inside upper surface of a room.
- For spending or price limits, tetto is common in formal contexts: tetto di spesa, tetto massimo.
- In a casa col tetto rosso, tetto is singular; don’t confuse it with i tetti when speaking generally about rooftops.