A1🔤 Letters I & L
Italian word
lavorare
to work
Looks like
lavorate / labor
labor = hard work or effort (US: labor, UK: labour)
⚠️ The trap
Not a strong false friend but 'labor' in English has a specific political/union meaning (the labour movement). In Italian 'lavoro' is just work/job. 'Partito Laburista' = 'Labour Party' (borrowed from English). 'Lavoro forzato' = 'forced labour'.
To say "labor = hard work or effort (US: labor, UK: labour)" in Italian:
lavorare (to work); lavoro (work/job)
"lavorare" in English means:
to work
Example
"Lavoro in un'agenzia di marketing."
"I work at a marketing agency."
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