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VocabularyWorkoperaio
A2nounmaschile

l'operaio

factory worker / labourer

Plural

operai

Pronunciation

oh-peh-RAH-yoh

About this word

Feminine: 'operaia'. Italy's industrial heartland (the 'Triangolo industriale': Milan, Turin, Genoa) built on this workforce.

Examples

Gli operai lavorano in fabbrica otto ore al giorno.

The factory workers work in the factory eight hours a day.

Mio nonno era operaio alla FIAT.

My grandfather was a factory worker at FIAT.

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