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Italian word
letto
bed; read (past participle of leggere)
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letter / letto (bed)
letter = a written message; a symbol of the alphabet
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'Letto' = bed. Also the past participle of 'leggere' (to read): 'ho letto' = 'I have read'. A letter in Italian is 'lettera'. The example sentence 'ho letto una lettera sul letto' is a tongue-twister but perfectly grammatical.
To say "letter = a written message; a symbol of the alphabet" in Italian:
letto (bed or past participle of leggere)
"letto" in English means:
bed; read (past participle of leggere)
Example
"Ho letto una lettera sul letto."
"I read a letter on the bed."
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