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Italian word

patente

driving licence

Looks like

patent

an official right granted to an inventor to make/sell an invention

⚠️ The trap

If an Italian says 'Non ho la patente', they mean they don't have a driving licence, not that they lack a patent. For an invention patent, Italians say 'brevetto'.

To say "an official right granted to an inventor to make/sell an invention" in Italian:

brevetto (for a patent/invention)

"patente" in English means:

driving licence

Example

"Ho preso la patente a diciotto anni."

"I got my driving licence at eighteen."

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