A1🔤 Letters B & C
Italian word
bocca
mouth
Looks like
boca (Spanish/Italian, sometimes confused with 'block')
no direct English equivalent — trap is learners confusing it with 'block'
⚠️ The trap
English speakers sometimes say 'bocca' thinking of 'block' (a city block). In Italian a city block is 'isolato' or 'blocco'. 'Bocca' always means mouth.
To say "no direct English equivalent — trap is learners confusing it with 'block'" in Italian:
bocca = mouth; isolato = block (city block)
"bocca" in English means:
mouth
Example
"Apri la bocca e di' 'ah'."
"Open your mouth and say 'ah'."
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