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Italian word

scarpa

shoe

Looks like

scarp / escarpment

a steep slope in geography

⚠️ The trap

Scarpa means shoe. In geography, 'escarpment' and Italian 'scarpata' share an origin — a steep slope that looks like the side of a shoe. But scarpa itself just means shoe.

To say "a steep slope in geography" in Italian:

scarpata

"scarpa" in English means:

shoe

Example

"Queste scarpe mi fanno male."

"These shoes hurt my feet."

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