How do you say the bus is overloaded in Italian?

You say the minibus is sovraccarico, and you might suggest taking some backpacks out of the trunk.

What does cooperativo mean in Italian?

Cooperativo describes someone who collaborates willingly with others, like an attentive, helpful group.

The coordinatore, the person who organizes the group's work.

You work at a cooperative and this weekend you're taking a group of teenagers to the zoo, with a minibus already full of backpacks.

Domani portiamo il gruppo allo zoo con il pulmino.

Tomorrow we're taking the group to the zoo on the minibus.

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zoo/ˈdzɔo/
zoonoun
A park where animals from many countries are kept and people go to see them.
cooperativa/kooperaˈtiva/
cooperativenoun
A business in which the members work together and share decisions and earnings.
coordinatore/koordinaˈtore/
coordinatornoun
A person who organizes a group's work and keeps its different parts together.
coordinare/koordiˈnare/
to coordinateverb
To bring people or activities into agreement so they work together.
cooperare/koopeˈrare/
to cooperateverb
To work together with others to reach the same result.
cooperativo/kooperaˈtivo/
cooperativeadjective
Willing to collaborate with others.
sovraccarico/sovrakˈkariko/
overloadedadjective
Carrying more weight or work than it should.
weekend/wiˈkɛnd/
weekendnoun
Saturday and Sunday, when people usually don't work.
teenager/teenadʒer/
teenagernoun
A boy or girl in adolescence, between thirteen and nineteen years old.
zoologo/dzoˈɔloɡo/
zoologistnoun
A scholar who studies animals.

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Domani portiamo il gruppo allo zoo con il pulmino.
Tomorrow we're taking the group to the zoo on the minibus.
La cooperativa organizza la gita insieme alle famiglie.
The cooperative is organizing the trip together with the families.
Chiedi al coordinatore a che ora partiamo domani mattina.
Ask the coordinator what time we're leaving tomorrow morning.
Mi aiuti a coordinare i gruppi prima di entrare?
Can you help me coordinate the groups before we go in?
Se vogliamo finire presto, dobbiamo cooperare tutti insieme.
If we want to finish early, we all need to cooperate.
Il gruppo di oggi è molto cooperativo e attento.
Today's group is very cooperative and attentive.
Il pulmino è sovraccarico, togliamo qualche zaino dal bagagliaio.
The minibus is overloaded, let's take some backpacks out of the trunk.
Questo weekend accompagno i ragazzi in gita fuori città.
This weekend I'm taking the kids on a trip out of town.
I teenager del gruppo vogliono vedere prima i pinguini.
The teenagers in the group want to see the penguins first.
Lo zoologo ci spiega come vivono questi animali.
The zoologist explains to us how these animals live.

zoo/ˈdzɔo/
You hear both o's, with the stress on the first one; the initial z is voiced.
cooperare/koopeˈrare/
The two o's stay separate, they don't merge into one; the stress falls on -ra-.
sovraccarico/sovrakˈkariko/
The double c is held long and the stress falls on -ca-.
weekend/wiˈkɛnd/
It's pronounced weekend-style: stress on the second syllable, with an open e.
teenager/teenadʒer/
In Italian the two e's are pronounced distinctly and the g is soft, like in "gem."
zoologo/dzoˈɔloɡo/
The stress falls on the second o, not the first.

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How do you say the bus is overloaded in Italian?: You say the minibus is sovraccarico, and you might suggest taking some backpacks out of the trunk.
What does cooperativo mean in Italian?: Cooperativo describes someone who collaborates willingly with others, like an attentive, helpful group.
Who do you ask about the departure time?: The coordinatore, the person who organizes the group's work.

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