B1✈️ Travel
Italian word
casello
motorway toll booth
Looks like
castle (castello)?
no close English cognate
⚠️ The trap
Unrelated to 'castello' (castle). A 'casello' is the small booth structure at motorway entry/exit points where you pay the toll. Learners sometimes confuse it with 'casello ferroviario' (railway signal box).
To say "no close English cognate" in Italian:
casello autostradale
"casello" in English means:
motorway toll booth
Example
"Ricordati di prendere il biglietto al casello."
"Remember to take the ticket at the toll booth."
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