A2✈️ Travel
Italian word
vaporetto
water bus (Venice's public transport boat)
Looks like
vapour? steam?
no English cognate — from 'vapore' (steam/vapour)
⚠️ The trap
From 'vapore' (steam), as they were once steam-powered. Now diesel-electric but the name stuck. English speakers may associate this with vaporisation. In Venice, the vaporetto is the essential public transport — not a tourist gimmick.
To say "no English cognate — from 'vapore' (steam/vapour)" in Italian:
vaporetto
"vaporetto" in English means:
water bus (Venice's public transport boat)
Example
"Prendiamo il vaporetto numero uno per il Canal Grande."
"Let's take water bus number one along the Grand Canal."
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