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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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