A2✈️ Travel
Italian word
pontevecchio
old bridge (also the famous bridge in Florence)
Looks like
ponte (bridge) + vecchio (old)
no single English word — it's a proper noun
⚠️ The trap
Tourists sometimes say 'the Vecchio Bridge' — this is wrong. 'Ponte Vecchio' means 'old bridge' in Italian. 'Ponte' = bridge. Many Italian bridges have names ending in '-vecchio' or '-nuovo' (new).
To say "no single English word — it's a proper noun" in Italian:
ponte / Ponte Vecchio
"pontevecchio" in English means:
old bridge (also the famous bridge in Florence)
Example
"Il Ponte Vecchio è pieno di gioiellerie."
"The Ponte Vecchio is full of jewellery shops."
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