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Il treno giunse con un ritardo di qualche secondo

Translation

The train arrived with a delay of some seconds.



Analysis


il
     1. art. the
treno
     1. n. train (connected sequence of people or things)
     2. n. gun carriage
     3. n. retinue, escort
giunse
     1. v. third-person singular past historic of giungere
     giungere
          1. v. (intransitive) to arrive, reach, come
          2. v. to join, put together
con
     1. prep. with, together
     2. prep. (rowing) coxed
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. n. one
     3. adj. one
     4. pron. one
ritardo
     1. n. delay, lag
     2. n. (mental) retardation, retard
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of ritardare
     ritardare
          1. v. To delay, defer or hold up
          2. v. to retard or slow down
          3. v. (intransitive) To be late or slow
di
     1. prep. (ngd, Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner); ’s
     2. prep. from
     3. prep. ’s
     4. prep. than
     5. prep. (ngd, Used in superlative forms); in, of
     6. prep. about, on, concerning
     7. prep. (ngd, Expresses composition); of, made of, in or more often omitted
     8. prep. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted
     9. prep. (ngd, Used with the definite article in partitive constructions); some
     10. prep. ngd, Used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article.
qualche
     1. adj. (a) few
     2. adj. some, any
     3. adv. (rare, regional) some, about
secondo
     1. adj. (before the noun) second
     2. adj. (in names of monarchs and popes, after the name) the second
     3. adv. as per, per
     4. adv. according to
     5. n. second (unit of time)
     6. n. second (in boxing or duelling)
     7. n. second mate, executive officer (in the navy)
     8. n. main course (of a meal)
     9. n. latter (relating to or being the second of two items)
     10. prep. according to




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