or sono

See also: orsono

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /orˈsono/

Adverb

or sono

  1. ago (old-fashioned)
    Tre anni or sono comprammo questa casa - Three years ago we bought this house / more literally: It is (now) three years since we bought this house
    Ho trovato quasi più giovani e certo più belle le signore ch'io conobbi or sono dodici anni a Bologna – I found the ladies I knew twelve years ago in Bologna almost(?) younger and certainly more beautiful
    — Ugo Foscolo
  • Only used with the subject (the time period) in the plural; the singlular *or è is unidiomatic.

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