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A1🏠 Everyday Objects

Italian word

guanti

gloves (always plural)

Looks like

grant / gauntlet

to give/allow / a long protective glove (archaic)

⚠️ The trap

Guanti means gloves. 'Gauntlet' (archaic armored glove) shares the same Frankish root as guanti! So they are actually related historically, just not false friends.

To say "to give/allow / a long protective glove (archaic)" in Italian:

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"guanti" in English means:

gloves (always plural)

Example

"Metti i guanti, fa freddo."

"Put on your gloves, it's cold."

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