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È un fatto che oggi viviamo tutti più a lungo

Translation

It is a fact that today we all live longer.



Analysis


È
     essere
          1. v. (intransitive, indicating existence, identity, location, or state) to be, to stay
          2. v. (auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something); to
          3. v. (impersonal, of a duration of time since an event) to have passed
          4. n. being
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. n. one
     3. adj. one
     4. pron. one
fatto
     1. adj. done, made
     2. adj. fit, right, made
     3. adj. grown
     4. adj. (slang) stoned, baked, high, wasted, stuffed
     5. n. fact, event, occurrence, matter, affair, business, action, story
     6. v. past participle of fare (feminine: fatta, masculine plural: fatti, feminine plural: fatte)
     7. v. past participle of farsi
     fare
          1. v. to do
          2. v. to make
          3. v. to act
          4. v. to get someone to be something
          5. n. manner, way
che
     1. pron. (interrogative) what
     2. pron. (relative) who; whom; which; (ngd, nominative and accusative case)
     3. conj. that
     4. conj. than
     5. conj. when
     6. det. some (informal) A remarkable (some party - che festa - che bambola!)
oggi
     1. adv. today
     2. n. today
viviamo
     1. v. first-person plural present indicative of vivere
     2. v. first-person plural present subjunctive of vivere
     3. v. first-person plural imperative of vivere
     vivere
          1. v. to live; to be alive
          2. v. to subsist
          3. v. to be
          4. n. living, life
          5. n. lifestyle
tutti
     1. pron. all; everybody, everyone
     2. adj. masculine plural of tutto
più
     1. adv. comparative degree of molto; more
     2. adj. more
     3. prep. plus
a
     1. prep. in
     2. prep. at
     3. prep. to
     4. prep. Indicates the direct object, mainly to avoid confusion when it, the subject, or both are displaced, or for emphasis
     5. v. misspelling of ha
lungo
     1. adj. long
     2. n. length
     3. prep. along
a lungo
     1. adv. a long time, for a long time, for ages
     2. adv. at length




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