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Italian

velocista

/ve.loˈtʃi.sta/nounC2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 24,819

Meaning

sprinter

  • athlete who competes in short-distance sprint races (track or cycling)

In a sentence

Il giovane velocista ha stabilito un nuovo record nazionale.

The young sprinter set a new national record.

La velocista italiana si allena ogni giorno sulla pista.

The Italian sprinter trains on the track every day.

Chi è il velocista più rapido di questa stagione?

Who is the fastest sprinter this season?

Word forms (2)
WordWord forms
velocistasingular
velocisti (m), velociste (f)plural

Usage notes

  • Nouns ending in -ista take -isti in the masculine plural and -iste in the feminine plural.
  • plural velocisti (m), velociste (f)
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