Italian word
asilo
nursery school, kindergarten; asylum (refuge)
Looks like
asylum
protection granted by a government; a psychiatric hospital (dated)
⚠️ The trap
In everyday Italian 'asilo' primarily means a nursery school or kindergarten ('asilo nido' for babies, 'scuola materna' for older toddlers). The asylum/refuge meaning exists but is formal. English 'asylum' primarily means the refugee/protection sense or the historic psychiatric hospital sense.
To say "protection granted by a government; a psychiatric hospital (dated)" in Italian:
N/A (partial overlap)
"asilo" in English means:
nursery school, kindergarten; asylum (refuge)
Example
"Mio figlio va all'asilo nido da sei mesi."
"My son has been going to nursery school for six months."
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