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Italian word

bucare

to pierce, to puncture; to make a hole

Looks like

buccaneer

a pirate

⚠️ The trap

Bucare means to puncture or make a hole — nothing to do with buccaneers (pirates). 'Ho bucato' is a common everyday phrase meaning I got a flat tyre. The pirate word is 'pirata'.

To say "a pirate" in Italian:

pirata (pirate); bucare (to puncture)

"bucare" in English means:

to pierce, to puncture; to make a hole

Example

"Ho bucato una gomma sulla strada."

"I got a puncture on the road."

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