A2🔤 Letters T–Z
Italian word
trattoria
a simple, informal Italian restaurant
Looks like
treatery / trat (no English word)
N/A — borrowed into English from Italian
⚠️ The trap
English speakers borrow 'trattoria' directly, but may think it's a fancy restaurant. In Italy, a 'trattoria' is deliberately simple and homestyle — less formal than a 'ristorante'.
To say "N/A — borrowed into English from Italian" in Italian:
trattoria (same word used in English too)
"trattoria" in English means:
a simple, informal Italian restaurant
Example
"Andiamo in quella trattoria vicino alla piazza?"
"Shall we go to that trattoria near the square?"
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