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Italian word

azzurro

light blue, sky blue

Looks like

azure

a bright blue colour, often used in poetry/heraldry

⚠️ The trap

These both describe blue, but 'azzurro' in Italian is specifically light/sky blue and is the colour of Italy's national sports teams ('gli Azzurri'). English 'azure' covers a slightly different shade and is literary. Don't use them interchangeably across languages.

To say "a bright blue colour, often used in poetry/heraldry" in Italian:

N/A (same colour range)

"azzurro" in English means:

light blue, sky blue

Example

"Il cielo azzurro di agosto è bellissimo."

"The sky-blue August sky is beautiful."

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