Parola del giorno e la lingua italiana

Parola del giorno e la lingua italiana

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Today’s Parola del giorno is the masculine invariable noun il dietro front, which can mean U-turn or about face (you sometimes see it also as one word il dietrofront).

In military contexts, it can be used as an interjection (Dietro front! = About face), when soldiers marching must turn around to face a commanding officer.

To make a U-turn or to do an abou…

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