B1🎨 Art & Culture
Italian word
platea
the stalls / orchestra section (ground floor seating in a theatre)
Looks like
plate / plateau
a flat dish; a flat elevated landform
⚠️ The trap
'Platea' sounds like 'plateau' but refers to the ground-floor seating area of a theatre or cinema. In Italian 'plateau' (a landform) would be 'altopiano'. The cinema word 'platea' comes from Latin 'platea' (open square).
To say "a flat dish; a flat elevated landform" in Italian:
piatto (for plate); altopiano (for plateau)
"platea" in English means:
the stalls / orchestra section (ground floor seating in a theatre)
Example
"I posti in platea erano esauriti."
"The seats in the stalls were sold out."
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