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
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
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
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'.