Also means
opening
Usage Note
Bocca is the mouth, but it lives in countless idioms: in bocca al lupo (good luck, literally 'into the wolf's mouth') and acqua in bocca (keep it secret). The plural is bocche (the -cc- keeps its hard sound). It also names openings like a river mouth or a manhole.
Examples
"Apri la bocca per favore."
Natural Translation
Open your mouth please.
Literal Translation
Open the mouth for favour.

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