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Italian word

gallo

rooster, cockerel

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gall

bold, impudent behaviour; bile from the liver

⚠️ The trap

Gallo = rooster. In English, 'gall' means audacity or bile. 'He had the gall to…' has no connection to roosters — use 'sfacciataggine' in Italian.

To say "bold, impudent behaviour; bile from the liver" in Italian:

sfacciataggine (for gall/nerve); bile (for gall/bile)

"gallo" in English means:

rooster, cockerel

Example

"Il gallo canta all'alba."

"The rooster crows at dawn."

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