A1🔤 Letters R & S
Italian word
strada
road, street, way, path
Looks like
straddle
to stand or sit with legs apart; to span both sides
⚠️ The trap
The phonetic similarity between 'strada' and 'straddle' is purely coincidental. 'Strada' means road or street. To straddle something in Italian is 'stare a cavalcioni'.
To say "to stand or sit with legs apart; to span both sides" in Italian:
stare a cavalcioni (for to straddle)
"strada" in English means:
road, street, way, path
Example
"La strada per Roma è ancora lontana."
"The road to Rome is still far."
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