"Il motore verde"

Translation: The green engine

[peter2108]

What is an environmental engine? A wind turbine, perhaps?

[hoffmannov95]

Maybe it's just painted green. That'd be fun.

[magofa]

Probably an "environmentally friendly" engine

[coledanielj]

Percy the Small Engine from the books and tv shows Thomas and Friends

[nictheman]

Electric engine? Doesn't produce greenhouse gases :P

[Marcomero]

¡¡Un motor ecológico!!

[becca1890]

Motor can also be used

[Ishana92]

is motore also a motorbike/motorcycle or just an engine

[nosola1]

Why did it mark 'car' wrong when motore usually means car.

[coledanielj]

Motore only means "engine" or "motor".

Car is "macchina" (or "auto"/"automobile").

Some translations equate "il motore" as "the car" but they are wrong - it is actually the "engine" they are referring to: e.g.

Vado a scaldare il motore dell'auto. (I'm going to warm up the car.)
Il motore originale era da 5,5 litri. (The original car has 5.5 liters.)

[avcara]

In English, a motor refers to an electric device, while an engine is usually of the internal combustion type. Is there any corresponding distinction in Italian?

[IanWitham1]

Not necessarily. In Britain, "a motor" can be an automobile whether it is powered by gasoline or electricity and "an engine" can be a locomotive whether it is powered by steam, diesel, or electricity.

However, I would like to know if "motore" is only the power plant or can it be the whole vehicle?

[ThomasNico16]

Is it a John Deere?

[Angel509]

The green engine???

[matti.halinen]

How tricky!

[CharleenCo1]

This is not really a sentence.

[roman2095]

It is not given as one either (no full stop/period). It is just a phrase.

[Miriam298384]

why is "the green car" wrong?

[coledanielj]

See my comment above. While some translations of motore give car, it is really the engine they are talking about. For example: Abbiamo problemi al motore. We are having car problems.

"Car" is just a shortcut for where the real problem lies.

Motore is the motor or engine.

[SusanB19]

what a dumb phrase.

[KrisGoekin]

motore also means moterbike.