B1🎨 Art & Culture
Italian word
doppiaggio
dubbing (replacing original film dialogue with another language)
Looks like
doubling
making something double in quantity
⚠️ The trap
'Doppiaggio' comes from 'doppio' (double) — in dubbing, you replace the original voice with a new one (a kind of doubling). But English 'doubling' means increasing quantity. The Italian 'raddoppio' covers that sense.
To say "making something double in quantity" in Italian:
doppiaggio (correct for dubbing)
"doppiaggio" in English means:
dubbing (replacing original film dialogue with another language)
Example
"L'Italia è famosa per la qualità del doppiaggio dei film stranieri."
"Italy is famous for the quality of foreign film dubbing."
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