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VocabularyFoodtonno
A1nounmaschile

iltonno

tuna

Plural

tonni

Pronunciation

TON-noh

About this word

Italy is one of Europe's top consumers of canned tuna. Tonno rosso (bluefin tuna) is a prized Sicilian catch; mattanza (traditional tuna fishing) was a cultural tradition in Sicilian fishing villages.

Examples

Mangio la pizza con tonno e cipolla.

I eat pizza with tuna and onion.

Il tonno in scatola è pratico per i pasti veloci.

Canned tuna is handy for quick meals.

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