A1🏥 Medical
Italian word
ospedale
hospital
Looks like
hostel / hospital
hostel = cheap accommodation; hospital = medical facility
⚠️ The trap
'Ospedale' looks like 'hostel' but means hospital. If you tell an Italian you slept in an 'ospedale', they'll think you were ill. A hostel is 'ostello'.
To say "hostel = cheap accommodation; hospital = medical facility" in Italian:
ostello (for hostel)
"ospedale" in English means:
hospital
Example
"L'hanno portato d'urgenza all'ospedale."
"They rushed him to the hospital."
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