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Italian word

foresta

forest

Looks like

forest

a large area covered chiefly with trees

⚠️ The trap

Mostly a true cognate, but Italians use 'bosco' for smaller wooded areas (like a grove or woods), and reserve 'foresta' for large, dense forests. Don't call a small park a 'foresta'.

To say "a large area covered chiefly with trees" in Italian:

foresta is correct, but also bosco for smaller woods

"foresta" in English means:

forest

Example

"La foresta amazzonica è la più grande del mondo."

"The Amazon forest is the largest in the world."

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