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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