A2✈️ Travel
Italian word
vicolo
alley, narrow lane
Looks like
vehicle? vicious?
no close English cognate
⚠️ The trap
No real false friend, but 'vicolo cieco' literally means 'blind alley' = dead end. This is also used idiomatically: 'siamo in un vicolo cieco' = we're in a dead end (stuck with no solution).
To say "no close English cognate" in Italian:
vicolo
"vicolo" in English means:
alley, narrow lane
Example
"I turisti si perdono spesso nei vicoli del centro storico."
"Tourists often get lost in the alleys of the historic centre."
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