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Italian word

gondola

traditional flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat

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gondola

gondola = also a cable car cabin; a supermarket shelf unit

⚠️ The trap

In English, 'gondola' extends to cable car cabins and supermarket aisle shelving. In Italian it almost exclusively means the Venetian boat. A cable car cabin is 'cabina' or 'telecabina'.

To say "gondola = also a cable car cabin; a supermarket shelf unit" in Italian:

gondola

"gondola" in English means:

traditional flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat

Example

"Un giro in gondola costa circa ottanta euro."

"A gondola ride costs about eighty euros."

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