ricerca e soccorso

Italian

Etymology

Calque of English search and rescue.

Noun

ricerca e soccorso f (plural ricerche e soccorsi)

1. search and rescue
   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 26, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     Le squadre di ricerca e soccorso sono sul luogo dell'incidente e io sono in contatto con il Pentagono.

     We've got search-and-rescue teams near the site of the crash, and I'm in direct contact with the Pentagon...

     (literally, “The search-and-rescue teams are on the site of the incident, and I am in contact with the Pentagon.”)