B2🎨 Art & Culture
Italian word
sipario
curtain (in a theatre — the stage curtain)
Looks like
superior
higher in rank or quality
⚠️ The trap
'Sipario' is exclusively a theatrical stage curtain. A regular window curtain is 'tenda' or 'tendina'. A heavy curtain or drape is 'tappeto' or 'drappo'. 'Superior' in Italian is 'superiore' — nothing to do with 'sipario'.
To say "higher in rank or quality" in Italian:
tenda (for a window/room curtain); sipario (stage curtain)
"sipario" in English means:
curtain (in a theatre — the stage curtain)
Example
"Quando il sipario si è alzato, il pubblico ha trattenuto il respiro."
"When the curtain rose, the audience held its breath."
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