Il mozzo gira al centro della ruota.

The wheel hub turns at the center of the wheel.

Breakdown of Il mozzo gira al centro della ruota.

• il centro: the center
• girare: to turn
• la ruota: the wheel
• il mozzo: the wheel hub

Questions & Answers about Il mozzo gira al centro della ruota.

Why is it il mozzo and not just mozzo?

In Italian, singular countable nouns usually need an article when you are talking about a specific thing or about something in a general descriptive statement.

So il mozzo means the hub.

Italian uses articles more often than English does, so leaving it out would usually sound incomplete here.

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What does mozzo mean exactly in this sentence?

Here mozzo means the hub of a wheel: the central part of the wheel.

Be careful, because mozzo can have other meanings in other contexts, but in a sentence with ruota, it clearly refers to the wheel hub.

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Why is the verb gira and not girare?

Girare is the infinitive, meaning to turn or to spin.

Gira is the third-person singular present tense form:

• io giro = I turn / I spin
• tu giri = you turn
• lui / lei gira = he / she / it turns

Since the subject is il mozzo, which is singular, Italian uses gira.

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What exactly does gira mean here?