A2🎨 Art & Culture
Italian word
galleria
gallery (art gallery); also a shopping arcade or tunnel
Looks like
gallery
a room or building for displaying art; an upper floor in a theatre
⚠️ The trap
'Galleria' in Italian also means a road or rail tunnel ('galleria autostradale'), and a covered shopping arcade ('Galleria Vittorio Emanuele'). English 'gallery' doesn't cover these meanings.
To say "a room or building for displaying art; an upper floor in a theatre" in Italian:
galleria d'arte (art gallery)
"galleria" in English means:
gallery (art gallery); also a shopping arcade or tunnel
Example
"Abbiamo visitato la Galleria degli Uffizi a Firenze."
"We visited the Uffizi Gallery in Florence."
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