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Italian word

documento

document (digital document, Word document); also: ID document

Looks like

document

document (a file, an official paper, to document)

⚠️ The trap

A reliable cognate in tech. However, 'documento' in Italian also specifically refers to an identity document (ID, passport). 'Hai i documenti?' ('Do you have your documents?') almost always means 'Do you have your ID?' — not 'Do you have the files?'.

To say "document (a file, an official paper, to document)" in Italian:

N/A

"documento" in English means:

document (digital document, Word document); also: ID document

Example

"Ho aperto il documento in Word e ho iniziato a scrivere."

"I opened the document in Word and started writing."

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