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Italian
Etymology
From retro- + terra (“ground”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re.troˈtɛr.ra/
- Rhymes: -ɛrra
- Hyphenation: re‧tro‧tèr‧ra
Noun
retroterra m (invariable)
- (geography) hinterland
- background (social or historical context)
- Synonyms: background, formazione
2020, Barack Obama, chapter 25, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa , Garzanti Libri:«Non si fanno progressi sulla via della pace», mi aveva avvertito Rahm nel 2009, «se il presidente americano e il primo ministro israeliano hanno retroterra politici diversi.»- "You don't get progress on peace," Rahm had warned me in 2009, "when the American president and the Israeli prime minister come from different political backgrounds."
- (literally, “"You cannot make progress on the way to peace," Rahm had warned me in 2009, "if the American president and the Israeli prime minister have different political backgrounds.”)
References
- ^ retroterra in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication