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speed meaning in Italian

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speed [speeds] (rapidity)
noun
[UK: spiːd]
[US: ˈspiːd]

celeritànoun
{f}

velocitànoun
{f}
Speed kills. = La velocità uccide.

speed [speeded, speeded, speeding, speeds] (to exceed speed limit)
verb
[UK: spiːd]
[US: ˈspiːd]

andare forteverb

speed bump [speed bumps] (transverse ridge in the road)
noun
[UK: spiːd bʌmp]
[US: ˈspiːd ˈbəmp]

dosso stradalenoun
{m}

speed camera (camera to detect speeding vehicles)
noun

autoveloxnoun
{m}

speed cushion noun

cuscino berlinesenoun
{m}

speed date (date in a speed dating event)
verb

appuntamento veloceverb

speed dateverb

speed limit (maximum speed permitted)
noun
[UK: spiːd ˈlɪ.mɪt]
[US: ˈspiːd ˈlɪ.mət]

limite di velocitànoun
{m}

speed of light (the speed of electromagnetic radiation in a perfect vacuum)
noun
[UK: spiːd əv laɪt]
[US: ˈspiːd əv ˈlaɪt]

cnoun
{f}

velocità della lucenoun
{f}

speed of sound (speed at which sound is propagated)
noun
[UK: spiːd əv ˈsaʊnd]
[US: ˈspiːd əv ˈsaʊnd]

velocità del suononoun
{f}

speed reading (the skill of reading a text quickly)
verb

lettura rapidaverb
{f}

speed skating (The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates)
noun
[UK: spiːd ˈskeɪt.ɪŋ]
[US: ˈspiːd ˈskeɪt.ɪŋ]

pattinaggio di velocitànoun
{m}

speeding (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
noun
[UK: ˈspiːd.ɪŋ]
[US: ˈspiːd.ɪŋ]

eccesso di velocitànoun
{m}

speedometer [speedometers] (a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle)
noun
[UK: spiː.ˈdɒ.mɪ.tə(r)]
[US: spi.ˈdɑː.mə.tər]

tachimetronoun
{m}

full speed ahead (idiom, maximum effort)
adjective
[UK: fʊl spiːd ə.ˈhed]
[US: ˈfʊl ˈspiːd ə.ˈhed]

a capofittoadjective

full speed ahead (nautical)
adjective
[UK: fʊl spiːd ə.ˈhed]
[US: ˈfʊl ˈspiːd ə.ˈhed]

a tutto vaporeadjective

avanti tuttaadjective

high-speed rail (type of rail transport)
noun

alta velocità ferroviarianoun

lightspeed (the speed of light)
noun

velocità della lucenoun
{f}

more haste, less speed (when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly)
phrase
[UK: mɔː(r) heɪst les spiːd]
[US: ˈmɔːr ˈheɪst ˈles ˈspiːd]

presto e bene raro avvienephrase