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casello

motorway tollbooth

noun kah-ZEL-loh Rare
Travel & Places Transportation

Also means

toll plaza

Usage Note

Casello (full form casello autostradale) is the toll station on an Italian motorway (autostrada). Italy's motorway network is largely tolled, so pagare al casello is a routine expression for long-distance drivers. Do not confuse with castello ('castle') — a single extra 's' entirely changes the meaning. The plural is regular: caselli.

Examples

"Ci siamo fermati al casello per pagare il pedaggio."

Natural Translation

We stopped at the tollbooth to pay the toll.

Literal Translation

We ourselves are-stopped at-the tollbooth to pay the toll.

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