B1✈️ Travel
Italian word
valico
mountain pass, border crossing
Looks like
valley / valid?
no close English cognate
⚠️ The trap
Easy to skip on road signs. 'Valico di frontiera' on the highway means you're approaching a border crossing point. Not related to English 'valid' or 'valley' ('valle' in Italian).
To say "no close English cognate" in Italian:
valico di frontiera
"valico" in English means:
mountain pass, border crossing
Example
"Il valico alpino è chiuso per neve."
"The Alpine mountain pass is closed due to snow."
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