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A1🏥 Medical

Italian word

farmacia

pharmacy, chemist (where you buy medicine)

Looks like

farm

a place where animals are raised or crops are grown

⚠️ The trap

Despite sounding like 'farm', 'farmacia' has nothing to do with agriculture. It comes from Greek 'pharmakon' (drug). A farm in Italian is 'fattoria' or 'azienda agricola'.

To say "a place where animals are raised or crops are grown" in Italian:

fattoria (for farm)

"farmacia" in English means:

pharmacy, chemist (where you buy medicine)

Example

"Puoi comprare questo sciroppo in farmacia senza ricetta."

"You can buy this syrup at the pharmacy without a prescription."

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