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Italian word
travaglio
labor (childbirth), suffering, turmoil
Looks like
travail
painful or laborious effort (literary/formal)
⚠️ The trap
English 'travel' has NO relation to Italian 'travaglio'. The English word 'travel' comes from 'travail' (suffering of a journey), but in modern Italian 'travaglio' means labor pains or inner turmoil.
To say "painful or laborious effort (literary/formal)" in Italian:
travaglio (matches English 'travail' closely)
"travaglio" in English means:
labor (childbirth), suffering, turmoil
Example
"È entrata in travaglio alle tre di mattina."
"She went into labor at three in the morning."
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