sviluppi

Sviluppi is the plural of the Italian noun sviluppo, meaning development, progress or unfolding of a process over time. It is used to refer to changes and events that expand or adjust a situation, often in planned, systematic or measurable ways. The word appears across fields such as economics, technology, urban planning, science and media.

Origin: The term derives from the verb sviluppare (to develop), which conveys the idea of unfolding or unrolling something toward its full form. In modern Italian, sviluppo and its plural sviluppi function as a general label for outcomes or trajectories rather than finished products.

Usage: Common collocations include sviluppo economico (economic development), sviluppo tecnologico (technological development), sviluppo sostenibile (sustainable development), sviluppo urbano (urban development). The phrase gli sviluppi is frequently used in news and analyses to denote current developments in a situation, for example gli sviluppi della crisi, indicating ongoing or recent changes.

Grammar: Sviluppo is masculine; singular lo sviluppo; plural gli sviluppi. Adjectives agree in number and gender: un rapido sviluppo, due rapidi sviluppi. The term can describe both planned progress (policy, infrastructure) and natural or emergent changes (market trends, societal shifts).

In contemporary Italian, sviluppi is widely used to summarize evolving states in policy, business, science, and culture, and translates to “developments” in English.