lo smottamento
Parola del giorno | Word of the day
Today's Parola del Giorno is the noun lo smottamento, which means landslide. This noun comes from the verb smottare, which means to slide down. See the noun used below:
Dopo tre settimane di piogge torrenziali in montagna, la paura di uno smottamento di terra diventa davvero reale.
After three weeks of torrential rains in the mountains, the fear of a landslide is becoming a real possibility.
Grammatica da ricordare! Don't forget lo and uno are the definite and indefinite articles for masculine nouns (like lo smottamento). Use them when the noun begins with an: s + consonant, ps- (lo psicologo), gn- (lo gnomo), y (lo yogurt) or z (lo zaino).

