A2🔤 Letters O & P
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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