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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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