🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

andare in pensione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: andare in pensione

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Retire/rɪˈtaɪər/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2150 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Mio padre è andato in pensione l'anno scorso."

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    Leave one's job and cease to work, typically upon reaching the normal age for leaving service.

    "He decided to retire at the age of sixty-five."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late 16th century (in the sense 'go away to a place of privacy'): from French retirer, from re- (expressing backward movement) + tirer 'to draw'.

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