B1✈️ Travel
Italian word
mezza pensione
half board (breakfast + one meal included)
Looks like
half pension?
half board — a hotel term meaning breakfast and dinner included
⚠️ The trap
'Pensione completa' = full board, 'mezza pensione' = half board, 'solo pernottamento' or 'B&B' = bed and breakfast only. English speakers may confuse 'pensione' with retirement pension when seeing hotel adverts.
To say "half board — a hotel term meaning breakfast and dinner included" in Italian:
mezza pensione
"mezza pensione" in English means:
half board (breakfast + one meal included)
Example
"La camera include la mezza pensione."
"The room includes half board."
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