A2✈️ Travel
Italian word
dogana
customs (at border/airport)
Looks like
dog? dogma?
customs = border control for goods
⚠️ The trap
From Arabic 'diwān' (register). 'Dogana' bears no resemblance to English 'customs' — learners must memorise it. Confusable with 'dogma' (dogma) which is 'dogma' in Italian too.
To say "customs = border control for goods" in Italian:
dogana
"dogana" in English means:
customs (at border/airport)
Example
"Abbiamo dichiarato tutto alla dogana."
"We declared everything at customs."
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