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bocca

mouth

noun BOHK-kah Less Common

Origin: from Latin bucca 'cheek'

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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