senza sosta
Italian
Etymology
Literally, “without pause”.
Prepositional phrase
senza sosta
- without pause or respite; without relent; non-stop
- Synonym: ininterrottamente
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 27, in Chicca Galli; Paolo Lucca; Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
- Michelle e le ragazze erano in forma come non mai quella sera a cena e mi presero in giro senza sosta per quelli che loro chiamavano i miei «modi»...
- Michelle and the girls were in rare form at dinner that night, teasing me relentlessly about what they called my "ways"...
- (literally, “Michelle and the girls were in a form like never before that evening at dinner and they teased me non-stop for what they called my "ways"...”)