B1🔤 Letters B & C
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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