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Italian word
sporco
dirty, filthy
Looks like
spork
a utensil combining spoon and fork
⚠️ The trap
The visual similarity between 'sporco' and 'spork' is accidental and irrelevant. 'Sporco' simply means dirty. Included as a memorable/fun example of coincidental phonetic similarity.
To say "a utensil combining spoon and fork" in Italian:
sporco (no relation to spork)
"sporco" in English means:
dirty, filthy
Example
"Le mani sono sporche — lavale!"
"Your hands are dirty — wash them!"
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