B1🔤 Letters O & P
Italian word
preservativo
condom
Looks like
preservative
a substance added to food to prevent it from going bad
⚠️ The trap
One of the most embarrassing Italian false friends. If you say 'questo succo di frutta è pieno di preservativi', you are NOT talking about juice additives. You have just said the juice is full of condoms. Always say 'conservanti' for food preservatives.
To say "a substance added to food to prevent it from going bad" in Italian:
conservante (food preservative)
"preservativo" in English means:
condom
Example
"Questo prodotto non contiene conservanti artificiali."
"This product contains no artificial preservatives."
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