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chilogrammo

kilogram

noun kee-loh-GRAHM-moh Rare

Usage Note

Chilogrammo is the standard unit of mass; in everyday speech Italians almost always say chilo instead. Note the spelling: Italian uses ch (not k) to represent the /k/ sound before i, so the word begins chi-, pronounced 'kee-'.

Examples

"Compro un chilogrammo di farina."

Natural Translation

I'm buying one kilogram of flour.

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