testa di ponte

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Italian

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Noun

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testa di ponte f (plural teste di ponte)

  1. (military) airhead (area of hostile territory that has been seized by paratroopers or helicopter-based troops)
  2. (military) bridgehead (ground on the enemy's side of a river)
  3. (military) beachhead (ground on the enemy's beach)