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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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