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Italian word

zoom

zoom (camera function); to zoom in/out

Looks like

zoom

to move very fast; a camera lens function; the video platform Zoom

⚠️ The trap

A true cognate (borrowed), but Italian 'zoom' is almost exclusively used for camera/lens functions. The video-calling platform 'Zoom' is also used, but 'zoom' to mean moving fast ('the car zoomed past') is not idiomatic in Italian.

To say "to move very fast; a camera lens function; the video platform Zoom" in Italian:

zoom (borrowed from English, same meaning)

"zoom" in English means:

zoom (camera function); to zoom in/out

Example

"Fai lo zoom su quella parte dell'immagine."

"Zoom in on that part of the image."

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