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Italian word

cassetto

drawer (in a piece of furniture)

Looks like

cassette

a small flat plastic case containing magnetic tape for audio or video

⚠️ The trap

Cassetto (drawer) and cassetta (cassette/small box) look nearly identical. A cassette tape is 'una cassetta'. A drawer is 'un cassetto'. One letter difference, very different objects.

To say "a small flat plastic case containing magnetic tape for audio or video" in Italian:

cassetta (cassette tape); cassetto (drawer)

"cassetto" in English means:

drawer (in a piece of furniture)

Example

"Ho messo i documenti nel cassetto della scrivania."

"I put the documents in the desk drawer."

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