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Italian word

cartone

cardboard; a cartoon (animated film)

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carton

a light cardboard box, often for liquids (milk carton)

⚠️ The trap

Cartone means both cardboard and an animated cartoon (cartone animato). A milk carton is 'un cartone del latte'. A newspaper cartoon/comic strip is 'una vignetta', not 'un cartone'.

To say "a light cardboard box, often for liquids (milk carton)" in Italian:

cartone (cardboard/cartoon); brick/carton of milk → cartone del latte

"cartone" in English means:

cardboard; a cartoon (animated film)

Example

"I bambini guardano i cartoni animati la mattina."

"The children watch cartoons in the morning."

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