A2🎨 Art & Culture
Italian word
tela
canvas (for painting); also fabric/cloth; a spider's web
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tela (Spanish/Italian canvas)
not a common standalone English word
⚠️ The trap
'Tela' covers several meanings: painting canvas, fabric in general, and a spider's web ('tela di ragno'). It comes from Latin 'tela' (woven cloth). The internet is sometimes called 'la rete' in Italian (the net), but the World Wide Web was once nicknamed 'la tela mondiale'.
To say "not a common standalone English word" in Italian:
tela (correct)
"tela" in English means:
canvas (for painting); also fabric/cloth; a spider's web
Example
"Il pittore ha preparato la tela prima di iniziare."
"The painter prepared the canvas before starting."
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