A1🔤 Letters M & N
Italian word
macchina
car; machine
Looks like
machine
a mechanical device
⚠️ The trap
Technically a cognate ('machine'), but Italians use 'macchina' as the default everyday word for a car — far more common than the English cognate usage.
To say "a mechanical device" in Italian:
N/A — same root
"macchina" in English means:
car; machine
Example
"Vado al lavoro in macchina."
"I go to work by car."
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