Meaning
car
- carriage (in a train)
- coach
In a sentence
La mia vettura è in garage da ieri.
My car has been in the garage since yesterday.
Scusi, questa vettura va fino a Milano?
Excuse me, does this carriage go to Milan?
Non ho ancora comprato una nuova vettura.
I still haven't bought a new car.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| vettura | feminine · singular |
| vetture | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- For everyday 'car', Italians usually say auto or macchina; vettura sounds more formal, technical, or commercial.
- On trains, vettura is common in transport language for a carriage; in casual speech, vagone is often more natural.
- Common in fixed phrases like prima vettura or vettura ristorante; less common alone in everyday conversation.