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Italian word
pneumatico
tyre (of a car or bike)
Looks like
pneumatic
operated by air or gas under pressure
⚠️ The trap
'Pneumatico' in Italian is the standard word for a car tyre (or bicycle tyre). English 'pneumatic' is mainly an adjective (pneumatic drill). In Italian the same word does both jobs. 'Cambio gomme' (changing tyres) uses 'gomma' informally — both refer to tyres.
To say "operated by air or gas under pressure" in Italian:
pneumatico (correct for tyre); pneumatico (also adjective: pneumatic)
"pneumatico" in English means:
tyre (of a car or bike)
Example
"Ho forato uno pneumatico sull'autostrada."
"I had a flat tyre on the motorway."
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