B1✈️ Travel
Italian word
funivia
cable car, aerial tramway
Looks like
funicular? fun?
no direct English cognate — 'fune' = rope
⚠️ The trap
Not the same as 'funicolare' (funicular railway that runs on rails up a slope). A 'funivia' is suspended on cables in the air. Confusing the two at a ski resort could mean taking the wrong transport.
To say "no direct English cognate — 'fune' = rope" in Italian:
funivia / telecabina
"funivia" in English means:
cable car, aerial tramway
Example
"La funivia porta fino alla vetta in quindici minuti."
"The cable car takes you to the summit in fifteen minutes."
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