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pallavolo

English translation of pallavolo

volleyball

The Italian word for 'volleyball' is 'pallavolo'. It is used the same way as in English, referring to the popular team sport. An example in a sentence could be 'Gioco a pallavolo ogni weekend' which means 'I play volleyball every weekend'.


Example sentences using: pallavolo

Mi piace giocare a pallavolo

English translation of Mi piace giocare a pallavolo

I like to play volleyball

In this sentence, the speaker is expressing their fondness of playing the sport volleyball. The verb 'giocare' is used to express 'playing', 'a' is the preposition 'to', and 'pallavolo' is the Italian word for volleyball.

La partita di pallavolo era emozionante

English translation of La partita di pallavolo era emozionante

The volleyball match was exciting

Here, the speaker is recalling an exciting volleyball match. 'La partita di' is translated as 'the match of', 'era' is 'was', and 'emozionante' is 'exciting'. Thus, the entire phrase becomes 'The volleyball match was exciting'.

Hanno vinto la coppa di pallavolo

English translation of Hanno vinto la coppa di pallavolo

They won the volleyball cup

This statement expresses a victory in a volleyball championship or tournament. 'Hanno vinto' translates to 'they won', 'la coppa di' is 'the cup of', putting it all together it says 'They won the volleyball cup'.

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